How to Stop Scrolling Social Media and Actually Make a Difference as a Professor
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You're scrolling too much instead of actually reading or writing.
You want to grow as an anti-racist, but you're spending too much time reading superficial memes.
Too much time judging your distant relative on Facebook and their opinions.
Not getting enough sleep.
Feeling exhausted and burnt out the next day.
And then in no condition to help or serve your students.
Not actually having learned anything new you wanted to learn.
I hear you. I get you. You're not alone.
You're not weak for continuing to scroll.
To stop the scroll, you need to do four simple things:
1. Plan when you can scroll 24 hours in advance.
2. Scroll only then (whatever the time limit is).
3. Allow the urges to scroll more than that.
4. Repeat the process each day.
Simple steps, yes.
But why is it so hard to follow through?
This is the work I do with my coaching clients.
It isn't that they don't know WHAT to do.
They just have trouble executing it.
As a tenured psychology professor, I know how the brain works.
I know how to help you manage those urges.
The tips and tricks to be present with your kids.
Learning how to trust yourself around your phone.
It's all part of ending procrastination.
So you can be the professor you want to be.
The professor who knows how to be anti-racist.
The professor who knows how to be an LGBTQIA ally.
Start here with my tips for reclaiming your time:
