How Your Social Circle Can Make Rich Or Poor

The Financial Griot

Curating Your Space. How Your Social Circle Can Make Rich Or Poor.

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In this episode of the Financial Griot podcast, we talk about the importance of curating your social circle. Something as simple as following and liking a picture can drastically change your physical appearance, and mental health.

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Your Social Media use and Its Effects

The world is getting more complicated. Stress have compounded over the last two years, leading to resignations and higher prices.

As the need for physical productivity (labor) decreases, we turn to social media to fill in the void.

In summer 2021, Forbes reported that “Americans Spent On Average More Than 1,300 Hours.”

While there is limited research to establish the long-term consequences of social media, it’s likely that you have already felt them. There is a strong link between heavy screen time and an increased weight gain, risk for depression, anxiety, loneliness, self-harm, and even suicidal thoughts

The metaverse is rougher than you think.

Less Friends Might Lead to Meaningful Connections

To make matters worse, you really don’t need new friends. While it might sound ridiculous, you are suppose to have just 5 friends compared to Facebook’s 5,000 limit. Don’t blame us, persecute the scientists instead.

Social scientist Robin Dunbar hypothesized that an individual’s group can extend to 150 contacts. However, each contact is layered according to the strength of emotional ties. As such, your mind is constantly trying to keep up with over 1,000 people, story lines and complications.

It’s no wonder why people are entrenched in camps and becoming burnt out.

“Most people don’t realize that having too many friends is an obstacle to social networking, as people will assume you’re less able to fulfill the obligations that friendship implies,” wrote Douglas Heingartner of Healthy Body, Healthy Mind (August 13, 2020)

Fortunately there are way to curate your space.

Use these tips to clear our your social media. Unfriend and Unfollow:

Social Media dominates our lives. Average annual usage grew 62% which amounts to more than 1,300 hours. All of this is having an effect.

Haven’t talked or Seen that Person in years
They are both toxic and drama filled content – Yeah Unfollow ASAP
Always posting about themselves? Was the last 10 pics about them? They are likely narcissists.
Still pinning over the Ex-fill in the blank, stop your localize stalking.
Do you find that you are oven jealous or envious of them? Yeah do yourself the favor and clear that out.

If you want to survive strangers online, you have to start with a social media purge. There might be too many cooks in your mental kitchen.

Follow these tips to make the most out of your own social content:

Find a healthy mix of everyday occurrences vs extreme versions of faux yourself.
Be honest.
Follow content that adds value to your life.
Spread Love and Encouragement Online.
Share content that speak to you. Talk about your goals.
Be amazed and have fund with the content.
Stop Judging and Comparing. The posts that you see on social media do not show the entire picture. Besides it’s all just cropped into a square. The truth might be out of frame.

Simply put you are the average of the people you follow and how you interact with the world. The old adage is true, if four of your friends are terrible with money, you will be the fifth friend that’s terrible too.

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