Need to do something? Really can’t be bothered, and would much rather be doing something else?
Why not open up your social media apps to ‘quickly’ check what the world online is up to.
The opportunities for procrastination offered by social media are nearly endless.
For instance:
Check notifications. A couple of tweets to reply to. Say hello to friends.
Quick scan of the timeline…ooh, that looks interesting. I didn’t know about that. Let’s click the link to find out more. Read the article, follow links to other interesting things…OK. Close the browser, got things to do.
After another glance at the timeline…
Ooh, I want to butt in to that conversation. Exchange a few tweets, bit of a banter about whatever it is.
A sale! Must look, now!
I’ll look at that other tweet in a mo. Grrr, the page has refreshed and I’ve lost it. Who was it from again? Can’t remember.
Doesn’t matter, anyway. Must. Get. On.
Blimey, what are they arguing about? *Looks at a few tweets in the exchange*. Best off out of it.
Marvel at how grown ups from all sorts of walks of life can spend all day trading insults with one another.
Ooh, that person has a new blog post. Read, write a comment.
Get distracted by a notification from…
OK, I’ll just reply to that notification and I WILL get on with what I have to do.
But I can’t resist a quick peek at the timeline.
Click ‘like’ on a status update or two, leave a comment.
I’ll just take that quiz, even though I know it will give me a generic answer.
Why oh why does that person insist on sharing Britain First posts? Do I unfriend them? Or just block those posts? How I do I do that again…oh yes, over there.
That The Poke article looks funny – and while I’m here I’ll just check that article too…
Ooh that’s a funny video about cats and dogs. I’ll share it, too.
Hmm, that’s an interesting post, I’ll have a read. Glance at the comments – blimey, people can get really heated and mean, can’t they?
Escape to my happy place:
Looking at pretty things…where’s that from…looks up website.
What’s the prompt for the photo challenge today? Hmm, what can I use? Where did I put it? Where’s the best place to photograph it – oh, over here. Hmm that’s not a good photo, let’s try again. Oh what filter shall I use…Posted, finally. Let’s see what other people have posted for the prompt today…
Check out a few more posts. Oh, their room is so neat and tidy!
Glances around. Unlike mine.
Time to do stuff!
Click out of the app. Put the phone down.
Is that the time?
Ah, now it’s time for a cup of tea.
Procrastination is quite an art, and social media is my favourite waste of time.
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Brilliant! I am so glad I’m not alone in this, I think many of us are in the same boat! I love social media but it really is a time thief 🙂
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Oh social media is such a time thief! No such thing as a ‘quick look’ usually. Thanks for commenting xxx
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I do this ALL. THE. TIME. and then wonder why I’ve only done 1 of the 3 priorities for the day…it’s just so easy and alluring though, isn’t it!! Great post lovely xx
thanks for linking up to #Thelist xxxx
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Far too easy, Hannah – and as you say, alluring! Thanks for commenting xxx
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You had me nodding all the way through this post Leigh – you are SO very right!! Hit the nail on the head here. Thank you for linking to #PoCoLo x
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It’s dangerous, isn’t it? Thanks for commenting xx
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O yes, social media really has a way of sucking people in and keep them coming back for more; many times at the experience of attending to what needs doing. You captured it well. 🙂 #PoCoLo
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Oh yes, it most certainly does. Thank you – glad you enjoyed the post xxx
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This is such a great post! Sooooo true. I’m sure I lose half my life flying around social media.
visiting from #thelist xx
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I think it’s a common theme amongst many of us….so easy to do. Thanks for commenting xxx
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Fabulous and a proper insight into my life! I hate the refreshing and losing the tweet, then remembering an hour later and OF COURSE going back to it!!!!! #PoCoLo xx
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Ha, I think we all do that! Thanks for commenting xx
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Haha so funny, I love social media too and could quite easily live in a box on my own forever as long as I had my phone and wifi! x
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Oh yes, we can’t live without them now can we? Thanks for commenting xx
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This is spot on! I don’t even particularly like Facebook and I can lose an hour reading random status updates… Instagram is my real vice though, completely addicted 🙂 Even writing the word there had me checking my feed for a second, it’s a Pavlovian response! Thanks so much for sharing with #ThePrompt x
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Ha! It’s dangerous, isn’t it…thanks for commenting xx
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I find the worst links to click on are youtube or boredpanda you can lose hours browsing the have you also seen bits! 🙂
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Oh yes, that’s true – it’s addictive! x
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I spend a ridiculous part of my evening on social media. FB and Instagram are the worst for me. You look up and all of a sudden, you have lost half an hour or an hour. Eek! 🙂
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Yep, they are like a time vacuum aren’t they? Thanks for commenting xx
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Great post.
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Thank you. x
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Tee hee! Social media is wonderful/terrible (wonderble?) like that! I waste hours on FB (my personal account) and the reason I keep Twitter at arms length is I can’t afford to let that addiction get as bad. I daren’t join any other social media! #theprompt
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I like the new word, ‘wonderble’! It has so many benefits, but hours can disappear in a puff of smoke… xxx
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hahaha! That’s how my day goes too….My favourite waste of time x
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Dangerous isn’t it? Thanks for commenting xx
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Haha this is fabulous and exactly how my mind works too! I even browse them in the same order, although I’d add Pinterest on the end as my ultimate happy place 🙂
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Glad you like it! How funny you browse them in the same order. I’ve not really got to grips with Pinterest yet…something else to distract me! Thanks for commenting xx
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Heh, you could be describing most of my evenings, lunch-times and random coffee time-outs. Social media is an addictive thing, isn’t it? There have been times when I’ve settled down late in the evening “just to catch up with a couple of tweets” and looked up two hours later having updated my Facebook status, watched some videos on YouTube and commented on a load of Instagram photos …
Procrastination, moi? Now what was I doing …?
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Oh, social media is so addictive Tim! I’ve done the same on many an occasion. Social media is brilliant, but it can be such a time sapper. Thanks for commenting x
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Oh my goodness, are you watching me? Hehe. You seem to have captured what I do perfectly (like now, when I should be working!). I’ve been deleting people who share BF posts, it can’t be a mistake now so it must be something else. Great post 🙂
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Ha! Drifting into social media is so easy. It took a lot longer to write the post than it should have, and no prizes for guessing why. You’re right about BF posts, enough is known about the real agenda behind it. Glad you enjoyed it. thanks for commenting! xx
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