How to make more time in the day

Welcome to the latest video, "Why Social Media is Worse Than Gambling," where I dive into the unsettling parallels between your favourite social media platforms and casinos. In this video, I explore how social media is like a casino, where you're the gambler betting your time in hopes of a reward. Just like in a casino, the house always wins.
Social media platforms are meticulously designed to keep you engaged, much like how casinos have no clocks, windows, or distractions to keep you focused on gambling. These platforms need your attention and will do anything to get it. We all gamble our time for that one video or picture that gives us a small hit of dopamine. However, as we consume more content online, the videos and pictures must become increasingly interesting, funny, or shocking to capture our attention and provide that same hit.
Imagine if you had a friend who spent 2 hours and 20 minutes in a casino every day. You'd be very concerned and would try to help in any way possible. Yet, we normalize wasting our lives watching others live theirs. Social media is remarkably similar to the dramatization of TV shows. While we accept that TV shows are fake or scripted, we often believe social media is real. It's a dramatization of human life, showing what ‘could be’ if you just dream hard enough.
This constant comparison can have a significant impact on our self-worth. How can kids, teens, and even adults be satisfied with their existence when the entire internet is reminding them they’re ‘not working hard enough’ or ‘not attractive enough’? The numbers are staggering: 5.07 billion people around the world now use social media, with 259 million new users in the last year alone. The average daily time spent on social media is 2 hours and 20 minutes, out of an 8 billion global population.
Social media is like junk food. A bit now and again is fine, but when it becomes a staple in your life, it negatively impacts you. You might think it doesn’t affect you, but how do you know you're not operating at just 70% mentally?