Forget it. Go to email. 112 messages overnight. Quick scan shows:
Twelve e-newsletters
Eleven free social media webinars
Ten spammers
Nine blog comments to be moderated
Seven tweet-ups
Six Google alerts
Five new Linked-In requests
Four industry alerts
Three Facebook friend requests
Two news alerts
… and a partridge in a pear tree.
Social media has hijacked my morning. This new “free” channel is soaking up something more precious than money – time. I feel it sucking me under.
Some pundits claim you can manage a social media lifestyle in 15-30 minutes a day, but I don’t know how you can effectively participate in even a modest global conversation in that timeframe.
Help! How are you dealing with the increasing time requirements of social media? What are you doing to discipline yourself while providing meaningful engagement?
Tomorrow: A cure for social media exhaustion — digital de-tox?