By Alex Whitelock
Publication Date: 2026-04-18 10:00:00
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As a tech journalist, I’m pretty much always online. With that sometimes comes certain habits that are not necessarily conducive to either productivity or mental health. I’m pretty sure most people would relate to that statement, regardless of profession, to say the least.
My current bugbear? It’s definitely my social media usage. Like many others, I’ve been scrutinizing my own habits in the wake of the increasing public backlash around social media. Ethics and morality aside, my conclusion was pretty simple – I’m just wasting too much time on these apps.
In short, I’m sick of the distractions, and, as a Millennial, I’m old enough to remember when I wasn’t just mindlessly scrolling on a screen. I’m old enough to remember when Facebook was just a twinkle in Mark Zuckerberg’s eye, in fact.
Subsequently, this past month or so, I’ve been on a real drive to…
