3 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Quality of Life On Social Media

Over the last few years, I’ve improved my quality of life by following a  few heuristics when it comes to social media and they are …

1. Kill The Negative

If what you’re about to post is negative, don’t post it. It’s that simple. I was very guilty of this for a long time. Before you hit the post/send/etc button on your social media page, ask yourself “is this post/tweet/etc negative” If there is any inkling that leans towards “yes”, don’t post it.

Posting negative content spurs the negative bull inside of you. The more you get it going, the more you think negative. Kill it immediately and you’ll notice your mood improving. Remember, negative breeds negative.

A weird side effect will occur within a week or two of following this protocol. You’ll notice how many friends/followers/etc post negative content and then you’ll notice how much that brings you down. That leads me to #2 …

 

2. Remove The People That Drag You Down

Have you ever read a tweet/FB post/etc and immediately you get super annoyed and irritated? I’m sure you have and I assume that we all have. It happens every single day.

From now on if I find someone who posts nothing but negative content, or acts like a troll, or simply annoys me for one reason or another I unfriend/unfollow/etc them. I don’t want to see their content as it brings me down. Life is too short to be brought down by others. I’d rather live a life where I can have a good, yet realistic outlook on life that isn’t filled with useless negativity.

Plain and simple – if they annoy you or irritate you remove them from your friends/follow list/etc. This applies to your family and close friends too. I have many close friends who I’m “friends” with on Facebook yet I unfollow all of their content in Facebook.

Tip: When you ‘unfollow’ someone on Facebook they don’t know. They still remain your friend, but you don’t get their content in your news feed. More info.

 

3. Don’t Feed The Trolls

While I can make sure I don’t post negative comments or have negative people in my feeds/followers list I can’t control the internet trolls. The trolls are the ones who just stir up problems for no real reason other than to get under someone’s skin. You’ll run into those folks in news site comments, social news sites, in blog comments and in articles you see posted other social networks.

Long story short – ignore them, dont reply to them. You’ll be happier if you just let it go.

The Challenge

I know it’s not realistic to remove all negativity from one’s life. It’s part of a cycle. For example, how can we be happy if we don’t know what sadness feels like (and vice versa). Through the last couple of years of experimentation with this practice, I have found that being able to control what I consume and what I react to helps me maintain a much happier outlook on life, in general. These simple three heuristics have improved my quality of life more than I could have imagined, I hope they do the same for you. 

I challenge you to try this for one month, I’d be surprised if you didn’t feel the same way.