Longtime readers know I've often advocated taking breaks from social media. It really helps, especially now, in resetting your mental circuits after absorbing so much horror, inhumanity and rage bait.

Take a walk (maybe a photo hike, which is what I used to do pre-pandemic, and really need to do again). Watch a movie (the less political the better). Make an ice cream date with your bestie (I did that this weekend with Sarah, who's moving out of state soon). Read a book (I recommend The Thursday Murder Club series). The possibilities are endless.

But if you simply must use social media every day, at least find a platform that offers more laughs, support and encouragement than rage.

For me and many of my friends, that's Threads. Sure, it's run by Meta, the same Mark Zuckerberg company that runs Facebook (which I didn't join till the pandemic, and is one of the reasons I absolutely must do a social-media cleanse each Saturday), Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, etc. However, the way the Threads algorithm works, you can pretty easily tailor your feed to your tastes.

If you spend a lot of time perusing and replying to political content and rage bait, that's what's going to show up in your "For You" feed. But life doesn't have to be like that.........

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