Use personal social media only with a clear purpose

attention · reset · habit · Added 2026-09-01

Pattern

Personal social media needs a named purpose and a boundary that keeps it from becoming an automatic part of daily life.

Practice

Keep personal social media absent or narrowly bounded, and name the specific purpose before making an exception.

Start small

Choose one personal social account and write down the single purpose that justifies keeping it.

Review my collection

Watch out

Some relationships and communities lack a realistic alternative. Keep those compromises visible and review them over time.

Groundwork for

Concepts

intentional friction
A small obstacle creates time to reconsider an automatic digital action.

Positions

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