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Instagram: Primary Versus General

Remember, we are affirmed all around us with our words and clicks – I had an aha moment recently. As an Instagram influencer, I receive hundreds of DMs or story replies a day – great! And I was keeping them all in the primary box on Instagram messages – yet I never decided they were priority, aka to go in the primary box. Instagram had when it did its update; it labeled everyone a priority to me. Subconsciously, do I want to be committing to all those messages and people being primary, aka a priority in my life? No, of course not. All of these messages can go in general – and my close friends and family can go in primary – or whoever you decide is a priority in your life – for me, my priority bucket has fewer than five people in it. These are the five people who no matter what, I would likely drop everything and attend to any request or help immediately as long as it doesn't go against my standards I set. These are the people I have consciously chosen to rank high on my priority list. Everything else is general. Why? Because that's a lot of subconscious pressure to say all of those other messages are a priority. Remember, we are doing everything to make things easier for your character – this is a psychological hack that can be implemented on Instagram to release pressure.

The Phone Cleanse

Home Screen + Apps

It is time to clean out the home screen – apps are great when they add value and make staying on mission easier and more efficient, but when they become a distraction, it is time to reexamine the cost and benefit of the apps on your phone. We are not speaking about monetary cost – no, attention cost. For where your attention goes, your energy flows – where is all your energy flowing? Pro tip – you can clear your home screen and the apps will still be there. If you are not ready to remove an app, you can hide it from your home screen – this will remove the impulse action of opening it just because you see it. By putting this barrier between you and the app, you will need to intentionally search it and open it to use it. Often, this can reduce the number of times you open an app in itself, adding that one step of having to pull it up. We are usually opening apps because we see them – this is the maybe effect again – the slow machine game theory effect – Maybe this time there will be something good when I open that app…

Remove The Impulse = Take Back Control.

• Delete all apps you do not need or do not serve you any longer
• Delete all distraction apps you are ready to part with
• Hide anything you desire to keep but not be tempted by

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