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Why I Turned off Social Media Notifications

August 26, 2018 By Holly Peck Leave a Comment

Why I Turned off Social Media Notifications

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A few weeks ago, I turned off social media notifications on my phone. Push notifications on my phone were constantly dinging,  pulling me away from what I was working on in that moment. The reality was, I knew that something had to change in order for me to be able to accomplish more. I turned off social media notifications, and I’m never going back.

I Now Have a Clear Home Screen on My Phone

Notifications don’t necessarily bother me: the constant stream of red dots doesn’t give me the anxiety that it does some people. However, each one of those red dots is a call to see what is going on. Red things are meant to draw your attention: stop signs are red; stop lights are red. They are meant to stop you from what you are doing and make you pay attention.

A clear home screen doesn’t stop me from doing what I picked up my phone to do. Notifications distract me.

I No Longer am Interrupted by Notifications

It’s hard to concentrate when constantly interrupted. Many people pride themselves on being master multi-taskers, but I have found that I personally perform better when I am able to complete the tasks uninterrupted. Because I work a part time job, and balance blogging and my direct sales company (Color Street), I must use my time wisely and effectively.

Studies show that the brain completes tasks more effectively when able to focus on a single task. The two sides of the brain are able to work together in harmony, and get more done. In fact, it gets done better.

I Become the Master of My Time

Clearing those red dots becomes a game. Every time I opened my phone, those notifications were a pull to look at the apps with the notification. In fact, the higher the red number, the more likely I was to click on that app first. That changed my productivity habits, because instead of going to post in my VIP group, I would go to clear the notifications.

Now, I go to apps when I specifically need to go to the app. I go specifically to the place where I need to be, and get the things that I need to get done accomplished. This lends a focus to my work that I have desperately needed.

How are you working to help increase your productivity? Do you have your notifications still on, or have you taken the plunge to turn them off?

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