社交媒体戒网报告

    以前没有这些习惯的时候，我经常会发现自己有点无所事事。这令人感觉不自在，对于凡人而言有点难以忍受。我可能会坐在地铁上5至7分钟，呆呆地看着我的双手。我可能会在餐馆里等朋友，无所事事地消磨时间。然后，我难免会胡思乱想，有时我会感觉不自在。笑星路易斯•CK最近以一种特别生动的方式，向脱口秀主持人柯南描述了这种不适感。他解释说，这种不适感是我们人类天性的一个特征。我们可以从中得到的结论是：这种不适感很可能是有价值的。我希望多拥有些这种不适感（或者起码是不少）。

    我推迟了一个月才提笔写这篇稿子。我想看看，我停用社交媒体所产生的光环效应会持续多久。停用社交媒体的那几周里，我细致彻底地将查看Facebook的次数限制到每天一次。我只在自己目前最喜欢的工具——Instagram上发布照片，而且我还关掉了手机，在大部分时间里把手机放在小提包里。现在是10月份，我已经全面恢复了对社交媒体的使用。火灾后，萨拉找到了一个新的住处。我对我们用来驾驭各自在线生活的这些社交工具有了一个新的认识。不过，我已经对约束自己，避免过度使用社交媒体不再抱有信心。（财富中文网）

    译者：iDo98  

    Devoid of these habits, I often found myself without a lot to do. This was uncomfortable in a brutal and mundane human kind of way. I might sit on the subway for five to seven minutes, looking at my hands. I might pass the time waiting for a friend at a restaurant by doing, well, nothing. And then, inevitably, my mind would wander and sometimes I'd feel uncomfortable. Louis CK recently described this discomfort to Conan in a particularly eloquent way here, explaining it was part of what makes us human. The takeaway: there is likely value to this discomfort. I'd like more of it (or at least, not less of it).

    I waited a month to write this piece. I wanted to see how long the halo effect of my break would last. For several weeks, I was diligent about restricting Facebook checking to once in a day. I posted only on Instagram, my current favorite tool, and I left my phone off, and mostly in my purse. It's October, and I've resumed my full social media diet. Sarah found a new place to live, post-fire. I found a new respect for the tools we all use to navigate our lives online. Still, I am no more confident in my own restraint to use them all too often.