Want to spend less time on social media sites? Try these tricks

The minute you wake up, you feel a strong urge to open your Facebook account. You are almost latched on it.  But browsing of social media is not all the time productive.  The easy accessibility to smart phones and internet, it is very hard to get yourself detached from the account. But your every minute of pressing the home button of your account on the social networking site is productive. But, once you are in, it is very hard to get out of it.

 You can if you wish. So, how you can control yourself from frequent log in to your account or how can you minimize your time of staying on social media site. Here are 5 tips that will help you a lot.

Disable automatic Log in  

One of the best tricks is to disable the automatic log in option of the social media site. You are not always in the mood to enter your password and username every time you wish to enter into your account.

Change your Password frequently

Another way is to change your password frequently. Your changed password should always be the one that is hard to remember. Keep saving your password somewhere which is difficult to access. Such keep it save in your home PC. When you are at school or at work hooked on the place, your password will not be handy. Always keep the password in a safe place so that you can retrieve whenever possible.

Track your time that you spend on social media

Start tracking your time how much time you spend on social media site. Spend a day only noting the time spent. You will be surprised to see how the seconds, minutes and hours are spent so quickly. When you realize that you have spent 3-4 hours on the social media sites, cut the usage hours and stick to it continuously. If possible, cut more time to spend it on other productive work. If you can’t, settle a time and make a challenge and strive continuously to reach the goal.

Meet friends physically

Make something physical with friends, like going for a short drive or hiking , talking about any recent topics. When your socialization grows, you will be more and more detached from the virtual friends on the social media.

This tricks work as long as you want to work them for you. Remember, no cheating to yourself when you are going through the process. Add productive hours to your day every time and every way, and always.