Declutter and Organize
If you want to spend your non-social-media time productively, consider a decluttering and organizing activity. Not only can this turn your attention away from social scrolling but give you a more orderly and simpler digital life.
📨 Clear Out Your Mailbox With Clean Email
Emails can pile up leaving you with a messy inbox. With tools like Clean Email, you can easily reduce that clutter using a few helpful features.
Cleaning Suggestions: See recommendations for ways to clear out the clutter. These suggestions are based on your previous actions or those most commonly performed.
Unsubscriber: Remove yourself from multiple mailing lists at once. Rather than unsubscribing from emails one at a time, Unsubscriber lets you do so in bulk.
Auto Clean: Set up inbox rules to mark, move, or take another action on incoming messages to keep your mailbox in tip-top shape.
All Clean Email features are available on the web, desktop (on Mac), and mobile apps on Android and iOS!
📌 Tip: Learn how to delete all your social emails in Gmail to remove the temptation of constantly checking in.
🎞️ Remove Unneeded Photos
From duplicate photos to those you simply don’t need anymore, spend some time cleaning up your camera roll or recent pictures.
As an example, Apple’s Photos app collects your duplicate pictures in one spot, letting you easily remove unneeded captures.
📂 Organize Files and Folders
Whether downloads, shared files, or documents you create yourself; how often do you clean up and organize your file system?
Take some time to remove old, outdated items you no longer need and more effectively structure those you do. Not only can this exercise help you find your items faster, but assist with managing storage space at the same time.
Learn Something New
They say that knowledge is power, so why not become more powerful by learning something new? You can take advantage of digital or physical ways to expand your skill set.
🙇 Study a Different Language
You don’t have to travel abroad or move to a new location to learn a new language. Consider a dialect you find interesting, one spoken by someone you’ve worked with, or simply a language you’ve always wanted to learn.
You can find many language learning apps that make the process fun or consider a nearby school offering language courses.
🧑🍳 Find a Fresh Recipe
Whether you’re a beginner or love to cook, look for some fresh, new recipes. Maybe you’d like a unique take on meatloaf, an out-of-the-box way to make vegetables, or a dessert recipe using ingredients you already have.
There are many mobile apps and websites that offer creative and innovative recipe ideas.
🧑🏫 Take a Class
Have you always wanted to play a musical instrument? Are you interested in tackling a new skill? Would you like to learn more about computers?
You can find a class for just about anything these days. Whether you seek out apps and websites for online courses or a nearby school offering the course you want, consider expanding your skills and talents by taking a class.
Get Creative
You don’t have to be an artist, musician, or writer to explore your creative side. Creativity comes in many forms, so think about how you might best nourish yours.
🧩 Start a Hobby
If you like working with your hands, consider hobbies like crafting, woodworking, sewing, or gardening. Or maybe you have an interest in amateur radio, coin collecting, bird watching, or graphic design?
Delve deeper into what relaxes you and let it grow into an enjoyable hobby that you can look forward to on a regular basis.
🎯 Create a Vision Board
Whether your life goals, trip planning, or favorite things, vision boards can be fun and exciting to create. You can gather pictures or draw your own, add bits of text with meaning, and best of all, build a vision board any way you like to fit your style or mood.
Look into apps and websites that let you make vision boards or head to a local shop for supplies to create a physical board to admire.
🎶 Make Music Playlists
You’re probably familiar with playlists that hold your favorite songs. But have you considered creating various playlists for different occasions, moods, or activities?
Pop open your preferred music app and assemble songs into different playlists that you’ll have at your fingertips when you want them or even to share with friends and family.
Improve Your Mental Wellbeing
If you scroll through social media to relax or unwind, think about different activities that can nourish your mental well-being.
📝 Start a Journal
Journalling is a wonderful way to express yourself. It can be your current mood, lifelong dreams, recent struggles, or momentous events. Whatever is on your mind, a journal is there for you to confide in.
Grab yourself an attractive diary and favorite writing instrument or take advantage of journal apps that let you include photos, songs, and web links.
🧘 Practice Meditation and Mindfulness
Sometimes it’s peace and quiet that soothes the soul. Whether you’re new to meditation or have dipped your toes into it in the past, both your mind and body can benefit from the practice of mindfulness.
If you’re a beginner, Android and iOS have meditation and mindfulness options to guide you through sessions. Or if you’re familiar with creating a relaxing environment to meditate on your own, then revisit it more often.
🎨 Take Up Adult Coloring
Adult coloring books have become quite popular over recent years with good reason. The act of coloring can spark creativity, and for most, prompt relaxation.
Whether you check out a digital coloring app or pick up a coloring book and crayons at the market, don’t discount this trending way to reduce stress and boost your mental wellbeing.
📌 Tip: Now that you have some ideas of what to do on your phone instead of social media when you’re bored, take a look at this big list of activities to do instead of being on your phone altogether.
Take a Break From Your Device
While there are plenty of digital tools to entertain yourself or keep busy, sometimes you just need to take a break from technology with a bit of digital detox. This is especially true if the temptation of checking social media at home is distracting from other online or offline activities.
🚶Go for a Walk
Why not combine exercise with non-device time? You can take a leisurely stroll through a local park or an energetic hike through nearby trails. You can venture out alone, with a pal, or bring your dog for company.
Wherever you go, whoever you bring, or whatever your pace, enjoy the journey and not the destination.
📚 Read a Book
As you know, books are wonderful sources of both entertainment and knowledge. So, if you’re interested in visiting a local library or bookstore or just want to dust off your Kindle, take some time to browse the options and grab a book or two.
Whether you want to immerse yourself in a mystery, learn about ancient history, or see why a book is on the best sellers list, reading is a fantastic activity for any age.
👯 Spend Time With Others
Why bother with social media when you can enjoy socializing in person? No number of apps and websites can take the place of personal interactions.
Have family over for dinner, meet friends for a night on the town, visit a museum with your partner, or go shopping with your bestie.
Wrap-Up
You don’t have to remove social media from your life altogether. After all, checking in on friends and family you don’t see often is essential. The key is to strike a good media balance where you incorporate other activities into your daily life along with scrolling social media in the morning or evening.
💡 For related articles, learn more about your digital footprint and why it’s important in the modern age.
