The Social Life: Time to start living in the here and now  By
Alison King  Add a comment Deleting social media apps from your
smart phone is a good way to ensure you spend more time in the
real world.  Did you make any social media New Year's
resolutions?  In this day and age where our whole lives are
played out on social media some people are turning their back on
the apps and trying to reclaim some sense of pre-smartphone
normality.  While some of us have resolved to get on Instagram,
others are deleting social media apps from their smartphones.
One of my friends has done this so she spends more time in the
real world. Instead of checking her phone multiple times a day
she can now only interact via social networking when she uses
her laptop. This means her undivided attention is given to
whatever she is doing at the time.  Do a quick Google search of
"no social media" challenges and there are plenty of examples of
people giving up social media completely for a set time and what
benefits they gained from it