Ep. 395: Should I Try a “Social Media Pause”?

Back in early 2024, I stopped by the West Hollywood studios of The Minimalist to record an episode of their popular podcast. Now, if that name sounds familiar to you, but you can't quite place why, it's probably because you've seen one of their Emmy Award-nominated next Netflix documentaries. All right, so I'm doing the show. I'm recording an episode of The Minimalist. And the conversation takes a surprising turn when one of the hosts, Joshua, floats the idea of the minimalist taking a break from social media.

Well, of course, me being me, I jumped in and began pushing him. to encourage him to follow up on that idea. Jesse, let's play the clip to see what happened next. Well platforms. I think there are a few problems here with social media as we talk about walking away.

And I think we'll give it a a 30 day shot. We can just even with the minimalists, we can walk away for 30 days. You should do this, by the way. See what happens. Do it for 30 days.

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