<story><title>Taking a break from social media makes you happier and less anxious</title><url>https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2022/05/16/taking-a-break-from-social-media-makes-you-happier-and-less-anxious/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>laputan_machine</author><text>If a friend gets a great job or starts to live a healthy life you don&amp;#x27;t feel great for them? I don&amp;#x27;t believe that puts me in the minority of people, not a chance.</text></item><item><author>eafkuor</author><text>&amp;gt; If other people find their ideal job, have a tropical vacation, etc. it makes me feel... good? Those are good things in general, although the tropical vacation might make me also feel concerned about the climate.&lt;p&gt;If this would be your genuine reaction, congratulations. You belong to the 0.001% of the population that would feel this way.</text></item><item><author>id</author><text>If other people find their ideal job, have a tropical vacation, etc. it makes me feel... good? Those are good things in general, although the tropical vacation might make me also feel concerned about the climate.&lt;p&gt;The problems I have with social media are that&lt;p&gt;- it steals a lot of time&lt;p&gt;- a lot of content gets me by evoking negative emotion&lt;p&gt;- it&amp;#x27;s taxing to get exposed to so many different ideas, clips, heated discussions, etc. Makes we wanna throw away my phone and live in the woods</text></item><item><author>charstacker</author><text>Consider the following scenario: You&amp;#x27;re pleased and content one minute, thinking your life is going fine the next. You have a few minutes to kill, so you log onto Facebook and begin scrolling...&lt;p&gt;First, you notice a friend&amp;#x27;s post stating that she has accepted her ideal job.&lt;p&gt;Then you read a coworker&amp;#x27;s too political rant.&lt;p&gt;You continue browsing and see a video of your neighbour enjoying a fantastic tropical vacation.&lt;p&gt;And now your cousin has uploaded a before and after photo that makes you want to hide your thighs for the rest of your life.&lt;p&gt;The next thing you know, you&amp;#x27;re second-guessing your profession, irritated by politics, wondering why you can&amp;#x27;t afford a trip, and researching your next diet.&lt;p&gt;Social media is nothing but roller coaster,</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sdevonoes</author><text>&amp;gt; If a friend gets a great job or starts to live a healthy life you don&amp;#x27;t feel great for them?&lt;p&gt;We can feel happy (for them) and unsatisfied (with ourselves) at the same time. Multiply that by N, and well, that&amp;#x27;s a recipe for disaster (at least for me). I know, I know, we shall not compare ourselves with others, but hey, I&amp;#x27;m not a machine, I have my imperfections which I am polishing from time to time, but in the meanwhile social media makes everything worse in average (for me).</text></comment>
<story><title>Taking a break from social media makes you happier and less anxious</title><url>https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2022/05/16/taking-a-break-from-social-media-makes-you-happier-and-less-anxious/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>laputan_machine</author><text>If a friend gets a great job or starts to live a healthy life you don&amp;#x27;t feel great for them? I don&amp;#x27;t believe that puts me in the minority of people, not a chance.</text></item><item><author>eafkuor</author><text>&amp;gt; If other people find their ideal job, have a tropical vacation, etc. it makes me feel... good? Those are good things in general, although the tropical vacation might make me also feel concerned about the climate.&lt;p&gt;If this would be your genuine reaction, congratulations. You belong to the 0.001% of the population that would feel this way.</text></item><item><author>id</author><text>If other people find their ideal job, have a tropical vacation, etc. it makes me feel... good? Those are good things in general, although the tropical vacation might make me also feel concerned about the climate.&lt;p&gt;The problems I have with social media are that&lt;p&gt;- it steals a lot of time&lt;p&gt;- a lot of content gets me by evoking negative emotion&lt;p&gt;- it&amp;#x27;s taxing to get exposed to so many different ideas, clips, heated discussions, etc. Makes we wanna throw away my phone and live in the woods</text></item><item><author>charstacker</author><text>Consider the following scenario: You&amp;#x27;re pleased and content one minute, thinking your life is going fine the next. You have a few minutes to kill, so you log onto Facebook and begin scrolling...&lt;p&gt;First, you notice a friend&amp;#x27;s post stating that she has accepted her ideal job.&lt;p&gt;Then you read a coworker&amp;#x27;s too political rant.&lt;p&gt;You continue browsing and see a video of your neighbour enjoying a fantastic tropical vacation.&lt;p&gt;And now your cousin has uploaded a before and after photo that makes you want to hide your thighs for the rest of your life.&lt;p&gt;The next thing you know, you&amp;#x27;re second-guessing your profession, irritated by politics, wondering why you can&amp;#x27;t afford a trip, and researching your next diet.&lt;p&gt;Social media is nothing but roller coaster,</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>k_sze</author><text>One could be “happy”* for a friend and also feel shitty about themself.&lt;p&gt;“Damn. Matthew has changed jobs 3 times in the past 5 years already, each time to a better paying job. Look at you. You’re still stuck in this shitty job because you suck.”&lt;p&gt;This is literally the kind of thought I have had in the past.&lt;p&gt;[*] Are you “happy” in a polite way? Or are you genuinely happy?</text></comment>