Are You a Slave to Social Media? How Deleting Instagram Changed my Life w/ Cortney Ostrosky

<p>Cortney deleted Instagram for the month of November & in this episode she share’s the many life-changing benefits she’s experienced. She also shares some wild & alarming stats around the rise in social media use & the decline in mental health & life satisfaction. She references the Emmy award winning Netflix documentary "The Social Dilemma" & shares some practical ways to implement boundaries with social media. She believes social media can be a tool used for good, we just need to be mindful of the risks involved (one being that it’s highly addictive) & use it intentionally.</p> <p> </p> <p class="">Topics of Discussion:</p> <p class="">+ The many benefits of taking a break from social media including being genuinely happier, less anxious, more present, more creative & having more time, energy, clarity & focus</p> <p class="">+ How time can be invested, spent or wasted, just like money</p> <p class="">+ Living life being proactive verses reactive</p> <p class="">+ The rise of mental health issues, life dissatisfaction, anxiety, body dysmorphia, identity crisis, self-censorship, addiction, etc,. related to the rise of social media use.</p> <p class="">+ The lack of regulation & the need for ethical & humane design in the social media sphere</p> <p class="">+ Surveillance capitalism</p> <p class="">+ Positive intermitent reinforcement</p> <p class="">+ Growth hacking</p> <p class="">+ Massive scale social contagion experiments</p> <p class="">+ Ways to implement boundaries around social media use</p> <p class="">+ The benefits of social media</p> <p class="">+ & more!</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <p class=""><a href= "https://www.netflix.com/watch/81254224?tctx=0%2C0%2Cc353081e353ecc8b6659d50074ea09dfe96ea966%3Ac9fc75a3a7c0eed64037c559c9e7582da0aff471%2Cc353081e353ecc8b6659d50074ea09dfe96ea966%3Ac9fc75a3a7c0eed64037c559c9e7582da0aff471%2C%2C&trackId=13752289" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Watch the Social Dilemma on Netflix</a></p> <p class=""><a href="https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/th