It was in mid-2020 when I realised something was not okay with me. I was unable to keep track of time. Most -nights, just before bed, I would find myself rubbing my head, thinking that one more day was wasted without anything productive happening.

Social media is growing an importance in people’s daily routine. According to a survey by Global Social Media research in August 2020, 3.96 billion people in the world are using social media in 2020. More than 85 percent of the total youth population, ages 15-29 years old, are using one or multiple social media platforms across the globe.

How many times in a day have you found yourself looking at your mobile but not really sure why you started in the first place? How many times you go on to your favourite app to search for a video, which you do find, but end up getting stuck in a vortex of video recommendations from which you cannot just walk away?

The technology in our lives can be so helpful; it has literally changed the world. Communication systems are so mind blowing these days that you can be connected with the world 24/7. But this makes me so agitated because it prevents me from concentrating on things fully. What if there is an important email that needs my immediate attention? A text I might have that’s urgent. Is someone calling me and not able to reach me? Have I put my phone on silent by mistake? All these thoughts constantly distract me. It feels like I am forced to be alert, and active all the time.