The One Thing You Need To STOP Doing This Week

Internet Addiction and intervention

We are all suffering from the same problem, and it’s ruining our lives. Consider this an internet intervention.

Host James Shotwell opens this video with an apology. While we enjoy making videos to help you navigate the music industry and build a lasting career, we often overlook the problems people encounter on their journeys. Namely, we rarely mention the risk of technology addiction. We struggle with it, and we’re to bet you do as well.

3.96 billion people use social media today, which accounts for roughly half (51%) of the global population. The average social media user in the United States will spend more than two hours scrolling Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and Facebook daily.

And why do we do this? People everywhere have bought into the lie that life without social media is incomplete. We tell ourselves that being active is the best way to engage the world, take in new ideas, and build our professional profiles. We think posting and scrolling are doing something for us, but we’re merely consumers in reality. We hope to improve or change our lives, but all we accomplish is making tech companies more money while providing them with more data to keep us glued to our screens in perpetuity.

We hate how much of our lives are being wasted by feeding the idea that whatever small amount of serotonin the internet provides is better than the satisfaction of making or doing things that bring lasting joy. If you agree, then we have a solution anyone can use to take back control of their lives.

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James Shotwell