I'm Sick Of Social Media

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2zFjF63tBkhUxm80mNohTWTxUg2phq0XG5J6SpfoqwRHeMafKJj-tnddxpew25arEMZnv0nmM9RwmGt-WTW2JpmmwKJrG3TUn-lwF3r_swJ9Qx5w6gjLM8mrclJ4YsKQ-Olj0gS5n6o/s1600/WHY+I%2527MSICK+OFSOCIAL+MEDIA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt=" Social media can be an absolutely brilliant thing if used correctly but it can also have I'm Sick of Social Media" border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2zFjF63tBkhUxm80mNohTWTxUg2phq0XG5J6SpfoqwRHeMafKJj-tnddxpew25arEMZnv0nmM9RwmGt-WTW2JpmmwKJrG3TUn-lwF3r_swJ9Qx5w6gjLM8mrclJ4YsKQ-Olj0gS5n6o/s1600/WHY+I%2527MSICK+OFSOCIAL+MEDIA.jpg" title="I'm Sick of Social Media" width="550" /></a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Work Sans Light'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Work Sans Light'; line-height: normal;"> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Time for a bit of truth: </span><span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;">I'm sick of social media</span><span style="font-kerning: none;">. Social media can be an absolutely brilliant thing if used correctly but it can also have a hugely negative impact on your life and mental health and I've experienced that to the fullest recently. No matter how many times I've tried to disconnect from the internet or avoid my phone, I always find myself scrolling aimlessly through instagram and twitter. <b>Social media has become an addiction</b> to our generation and it's an addiction no one wants to beat. </span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I wake up. I check my phone, check my emails, check instagram, check twitter, check youtube.<b> </b></span><span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Repeat.</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> This seems to be the recurring theme every single day and for some reason I can't get out of it. Even if I'm watching a TV show or reading a book, two minutes in I'll be reaching for my phone, without even realising, to do the subconscious mandatory social media scroll. </span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I'm not someone who gets validation through likes or views,</b> to be honest I couldn't care less how many likes I get, it makes no difference to my life whatsoever. I don't scroll through social media looking to see new followers or more engagement, I think I do it because I'm subconsciously looking for something more interesting than the last thing I read, something to distract me from life for a while. </span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Loneliness doesn't exist like it used to in our generation. You can be completely alone yet have an abundance of entertainment and people to follow and </span><span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;">live your life through theres.</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> No one sees the danger in this until it's too late. You've spent so long on social media <b>you've missed out on living your own life. </b></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2nmdeJb"><span style="color: #e06666;">Read: A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled </span></a></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I feel like I have social media drilled into me. Anywhere I go I immediately try and see if I can get a good instagram of myself or the surroundings, as if it's essential to make a perfect portfolio of my life online. I was in a cafe last week and I tried to pick the seat that had the best lighting so I could get a good picture for instagram. </span><span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><i>What the hell is wrong with me?!</i></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><i> </i>How have I gotten to this point where I live my life according to the standards of what's popular on social media. Not to mention the amount of time I spend applying filters in several different apps to make sure the picture blends in with my instagram theme. <b>Life doesn't come with a theme! Who cares!</b> And if I haven't posted in a week and I see my followers go down, it's like a subliminal pressure to please these strangers on the internet who I have no obligations to. It almost feels like I have a group of people that I have to go out of my way to keep happy. </span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Part of me would love to delete all of my social media and disappear from the internet completely. Go off the grid, <u>start living in the world.</u> It's amounted to so much pressure and stress that I find it very hard to enjoy it anymore. I enjoy writing and being creative, it's just a shame that I have to be part of the social media circus that comes along with it. I don't want to completely disappear off the internet because it gives me a voice, it enables me to write about things I care for. I'm still trying to find a way to manage the stressful side of social media so I can still the enjoy to freedom of creating.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">A great way for me to de-stress and relax when I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed is <b>to read</b>. Reading really relaxes my mind and takes me away from the pressures of social media. At the minute I'm reading <a href="http://amzn.to/2htbBKk"><span style="color: #e06666;">The Year I Met You</span></a> by Cecelia Ahern, it's a great a book and you should check out some of her other books if you're into reading too.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Social media gives me no fulfilment,</b> if anything it has drained me and had a hugely negative affect on my mental health. I find myself in a negative headspace, more times than what's healthy, due to being attached to this thing that I can't seem to let go of. If I wasn't in the blogging/social media world I definitely wouldn't use any social media apps at all, but it's something that's mandatory in this field of work.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><a href="https://justandmyguys.blogspot.com//search?q=why-i-quit-my-job"><span style="color: #e06666;">Read: Why I Quit My Job After 2 Months</span></a></span></span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've never finished scrolling through social media and felt happy and inspired, in fact I'm always left feeling down and depressed from it. Yet myself, along with millions of others who are affected by it, can't seem to help it. We know it's bad for us but it constantly reels us back in without realising. <b>It's an addictive cycle</b> and it's one I've come to hate.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I guess I'm just tired of it all. </span><span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;">I'm tired of being tired.</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> I don't have a solution to it yet but I'm working to find a way to use social media more effectively as a work tool rather than in my personal life.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">I'd love to know your thoughts on this and if social media has affected you in a similar way.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2zFjF63tBkhUxm80mNohTWTxUg2phq0XG5J6SpfoqwRHeMafKJj-tnddxpew25arEMZnv0nmM9RwmGt-WTW2JpmmwKJrG3TUn-lwF3r_swJ9Qx5w6gjLM8mrclJ4YsKQ-Olj0gS5n6o/s1600/WHY+I%2527MSICK+OFSOCIAL+MEDIA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt=" Social media can be an absolutely brilliant thing if used correctly but it can also have I'm Sick of Social Media" border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="735" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2zFjF63tBkhUxm80mNohTWTxUg2phq0XG5J6SpfoqwRHeMafKJj-tnddxpew25arEMZnv0nmM9RwmGt-WTW2JpmmwKJrG3TUn-lwF3r_swJ9Qx5w6gjLM8mrclJ4YsKQ-Olj0gS5n6o/s1600/WHY+I%2527MSICK+OFSOCIAL+MEDIA.jpg" title="I'm Sick of Social Media" width="300" /></span></a></div> </div>

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How This Blogger Makes $120,000 Per Month Blogging

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I had no idea where I was going wrong when it came to affiliate marketing and making money with my blog, but Michelle goes into so much detail in the various chapters and I learnt about things I never even knew I needed! </span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Purchasing courses may seem like a bit of pain and you might think, 'can I not just find this stuff on the internet?' The answer is nope. I spent months searching for helpful sites for making income from my blog and <span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: #e06666;">I </span><span style="color: #e06666;">found nothing compared to the amount I've learnt from Michelle's course in two days.</span> </span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">If there's one way to be successful in affiliate marketing, it's educating yourself from the best! Michelle makes <b>$50,000 per month</b> from her affiliate marketing course.</span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="https://makingsenseofaffiliatemarketing.com/?affcode=57702_ucl0vfrr"><span style="color: #e06666;">Click here to access the Making Sense Of Affiliate Marketing ecourse.</span></a></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <div style="font-family: avenir; font-size: 20px;"> </div> <ul style="font-family: avenir; font-size: 20px;"> <li>Survey Companies are another great source of affiliate income, or even a great way to make some money on the side while you're setting up your blog! Michelle made $12,982.50 from online Survey affiliates last year. The best free online survey sites are: <span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="https://track.flexlinkspro.com/a.ashx?foid=1120808.138892441&foc=1&fot=9999&fos=1" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Swagbucks</span></a> </span><span style="color: #e06666;">and</span> <a href="http://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=733215&u=1617561&m=58697&urllink=&afftrack=" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">American Consumer Opinion</span></a>.</li> </ul> <ul style="font-family: avenir; font-size: 20px;"> <li><u>Other great affiliate sites for bloggers to join:</u></li> </ul> <ol><span style="font-family: "avenir"; font-size: 20px;"> <li><a href="http://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=69&u=1617561&m=47&urllink=&afftrack=" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Shareasale</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://amzn.to/2mO6PWK" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Amazon Associates</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?gid=329086&mid=2459&awinaffid=436347&linkid=2093589&clickref="><span style="color: #e06666;">TopCashback</span></a> </li> <li><span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="http://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=509755&u=1617561&m=46133&urllink=&afftrack=" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">PicMonkey</span></a></span></li> </span></ol> <span style="font-family: "avenir";"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></span> <br /> <ol><span style="font-family: "avenir"; font-size: 20px;"> </span></ol> <div class="mailmunch-forms-widget-616397"> </div> <span style="font-family: "avenir"; font-size: 20px;"> </span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 28px;">2. Sponsorships and Advertising</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">If you've established your blogs' niche you can begin to reach out brands and companies that you think would be a good fit for your blog. I personally haven't had much luck with this route and have focused more-so on affiliate marketing, but as your readership and traffic grows, you can approach more blogging agencies and companies about potential partnership. </span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://makingsenseofaffiliatemarketing.com/?affcode=57702_ucl0vfrr" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Michelle made $10,000 from sponsorships last year </span></a>so although it's not as profitable as affiliate marketing, it's still a great way to work on your side hustle!</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Once your traffic is up to 100,000 readers per month, you can join higher paying advertisement companies that pay a lot more than google such as AdThrive and MediaVine.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Related post: <span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="https://justandmyguys.blogspot.com//search?q=get-pinterest-traffic"><span style="color: #e06666;">How I get 2 million views from Pinterest each month</span></a></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">3. Display Advertising</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Display advertising is when you display banners and ads for companies and brands to promote their products or services. Again, this will mainly happen when you contact a company to work with them or they reach out to you to place advertisements on your site.</span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #e06666; font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://justandmyguys.blogspot.com//p/resources.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">Check out these 14 helpful resources for all bloggers in every niche.</span></a></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">4. Email Marketing</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://mbsy.co/convertkit/33314602" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Convert Kit</span></a> is an email marketing service that helps you send out new posts to your emails subscribers lists (if you don't have a email list, start one NOW!) <span style="color: #e06666;">You can send new articles on your blog or links to affiliate products or courses via email</span> that you think your readers would be interested in, which then leads to extra affiliate income.</span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #e06666;">ConvertKit</span> is really simple and cheap to use and is essential in your affiliate marketing strategy. <a href="http://mbsy.co/convertkit/33314602" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Click here to get set up with ConvertKit.</span></a></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span> </div> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">5. <span style="color: #e06666;">Tailwind</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Pinterest is the main source of blog traffic for many bloggers, but it can be very time consuming having to manually pin pins yourself, that's where <a href="https://www.tailwindapp.com/i/heyitsemily00" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Tailwind</span></a> comes in. In Tailwind you can schedule as many pins as you like on the Plus plan, again this is a MUST HAVE if you want to get high traffic from Pinterest. </span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #e06666;">My traffic blew up after I started using Tailwind</span> and it's the second best investment I've made for my blog. <a href="https://www.tailwindapp.com/i/heyitsemily00" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Click here to try Tailwind for free.</span></a></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">In conclusion, these are the main ways Michelle and other bloggers make money blogging from home. I hope you find these tips helpful and you can read Michelle's article here</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #e06666; font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://makingsenseofaffiliatemarketing.com/?affcode=57702_ucl0vfrr" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Sign Up for the Making Sense Of Affiliate Marketing Course here.</span></a></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Emily x</span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Pin it for later:</span></div> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZp61YDyRkce2L_BbhyphenhyphenXpwBsHaPACvAmNbcqcR7sUvvjYr8K2lGcMAYml4IFslGh8AgQ1jMo3HIxAjkUHQM1aUoRiUyR5YTejJuu_XQiRktfEWZomtJEPrZc8mDJ8Xag8i3bHAfAzCKU/s1600/how+to+make+money+blogging.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt=" how to make money with affiliate marketing How This Blogger Makes $120,000 Per Month Blogging" border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="735" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZp61YDyRkce2L_BbhyphenhyphenXpwBsHaPACvAmNbcqcR7sUvvjYr8K2lGcMAYml4IFslGh8AgQ1jMo3HIxAjkUHQM1aUoRiUyR5YTejJuu_XQiRktfEWZomtJEPrZc8mDJ8Xag8i3bHAfAzCKU/s1600/how+to+make+money+blogging.png" title="How This Blogger Makes $120,000 Per Month Blogging" width="255" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">This post contains affiliate links which means I make some commission however this is at no cost to you :)</span></div>

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Has Social Media Taken Over Real Life Communication?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img alt="has social media taken over communication Has Social Media Taken Over Real Life Communication?" border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="735" height="690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwtS5ORFa6PPUKyhNNlION3Lyct_Hsy3a5cfV_InqAk51O7mqGqV24fYMWwV-v7EBeAreiTWJFDauynrHTSAL8vL_9qRuWoY5eCSc6SitgdgLd1xYhrxj9cCgS8HDoEc5co66_qkaXF0c/s1600/negative+effects+of+social+media.png" title="Has Social Media Taken Over Real Life Communication?" width="410" /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">I'm currently sat in a cafe, writing an article on <a href="https://justandmyguys.blogspot.com//search?q=why-travel-is-good-for-your-mental-health"><span style="color: #e06666;">ways to benefit your mental health</span></a>, when I look around and notice that everyone sitting around me is either facing away from me or deeply distracted by their phones. I watched three people come into the cafe and, out of about 10 seats, chose the ones facing away from the centre of the cafe, and away from me.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">I see a man swiping vigorously on his phone, probably on tinder. I see a girl who looks quite bored, scrolling through her phone and I wonder if she's scrolling aimlessly on Instagram at lives that look so much better than hers, because I'm guilty of the exact same thing sometimes. I see another girl who looks like she's writing an article or blogging on her laptop, but again chose to face away towards the wall.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">I'm sat at a large round table with eight seats, facing the centre of the cafe, yet all of the other seats are empty. I began to wonder why no one else wanted the company of working together, or being near another person who they could possibly start up a conversation with.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">I understand that sometimes people just want their personal space, but I realised that anytime I'm in a cafe, the exact same thing happens. Everyone sits as far away from each other in their own corners.</span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Read: <a href="https://justandmyguys.blogspot.com//search?q=why-travel-is-good-for-your-mental-health"><span style="color: #e06666;">Why I'm Sick Of Social Media</span></a></span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Read: <a href="https://justandmyguys.blogspot.com//search?q=why-travel-is-good-for-your-mental-health"><span style="color: #e06666;">The six ways to manifest anything into your life</span></a></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Avenir Next Condensed"; font-size: 36px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Has social media taken over communication?</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">The only people speaking to each other in this cafe are groups of teenage girls, just out of school and having a good time. Is social media to blame for less communication and less human interaction?</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">I'd love nothing more than to take a break from working and talk to someone else in this cafe, but I don't want to disturb the guy scrolling through Facebook, or the girl who's deeply concentrated on her phone. Has it always been like this? When did we all become so concerned with social media and the internet that we stopped communicating with each other?</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Of course, social media is a great tool for business or even keeping up with friends, but I feel like social media has replaced a huge part of human interaction and I'm also guilty of avoiding talking to strangers by scrolling through pointless things on social media on my phone.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Avenir Next Condensed"; font-size: 36px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Has Social Media Gone Too Far?</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">A relationship I recently came out of was predominantly over social media. We eventually only communicated over snapchat and rarely had actual conversations. I actually think social media was one of the main reasons that relationship failed. I don't want to be in a relationship with someone who the only way we communicate is by sending 10 second long pictures with a few words attached.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Social media doesn't often allow for meaningful conversations or to make proper relationships. Social media is a good tool for keeping in touch with friends or people we wouldn't otherwise be able to speak to because of distance, but I feel like social media is taking over our lives and our relationships with people.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Any relationship I have in the future I'm going to make sure I limit the use of social media and only have actual phone conversations if I can't speak to them in person. Social media can make us so concerned with everyone else's lives that we forget to focus on our own.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">I wish we could make more connections in real life, rather than connections over social media.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Pin it for later:</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img alt="has social media taken over communication Has Social Media Taken Over Real Life Communication?" border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="735" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivc-5OL-VryK52Llksa7hcYE-qoHSv8TXUlokpWs7ShKE4aAOlDZs7cmT0ZhBbHv7erQAGcvuXmMQRYNUN5xiFuCJnsZvAJGibsiPu6TmC0TC_F7rYv5eOnVOUsvsbEGMkNlfozMvJwsE/s1600/negative+effects+of+social+media.png" title="Has Social Media Taken Over Real Life Communication?" width="225" /></div>

Has Social Media Taken Over Real Life Communication?

I'm currently sat in a cafe, writing an article on ways to benefit your mental health, when I look around and notice that everyone sitting around me is either facing away from me or deeply distra…

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