Time To Clean Up Our Feeds

JC Parets
December 26, 2020

It's a new year right? The holidays are over. Make your donations, help whichever causes are most important to you, and now dedicate a little bit of selfish time to improve your own life.

Social Media can be a very valuable tool. It can also lead to frustration, misallocation of time & energy, and in many cases even depression.

Unfortunately these days, I hear more negativity about social media than I hear positive things. But that's not the platform's fault. It's your fault. We curate our own streams. We decide what we want to read and who we want to follow and interact with.

If your social media experience is causing you anxiety, then you're doing it wrong.

If your social media experience is anything other than inspiring, educational and rewarding, then you're doing it wrong.

If you find yourself constantly getting angry at something you read or someone you follow, then you're doing it wrong.

If you're not learning every day from the people you follow, you're doing it wrong.

Social Media should be a very selfish endeavor. We're here to help ourselves and we're here to help others. If anything else is happening, then you're doing it wrong.

A quick trigger with the block button is one of social's greatest gifts.

Sometimes, you even see people on your stream that you don't even follow. So if they bring negativity to your life or cause you any kind of anxiety, block them too.

There's no reason to "feel bad" about it.

Don't.

They don't care about you. Why should you care about them?

This should be a very selfish experience, unlike other things you probably do throughout your day.

Go though the blogs you read, go through your twitter feed and delete anything and anyone who is not bringing value to your life and/or investment process.

This is supposed to be a tool, not a burden.

People forget that. I even see it among some of my own friends and family.

It's like leaving a hammer in the middle of your kitchen floor. A hammer is a great tool, but if you keep tripping over it and stepping on it stubbing your toes every day, then it can get really annoying. A hammer can be really useful, but if you just leave it around irresponsibly, it becomes a problem. Picking up that hammer and putting it in your toolbox is a very very very easy solution to this "problem". And in Social media it's just as easy.

So please take this as a friendly reminder from someone who has been here on these financial social platforms for a long time.

Block. Delete. Move on.

Find people who inspire you.

Find people who can teach you.

Find people who can help you with your own cause and your overall goals.

Get rid of those who don't.

So simple.

But so necessary.

JC

 

 

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