Question

I am addicted to Twitter because I feel I am contributing to a cause. I constantly check tweets and reply to tweets to certain topics which is very relevant to my country's politics. But I also feel I could be living a more authentic life. Help!

Community Answer

It can be awfully easy to be bewitched by Twitter and the thought you're making a difference. Try viewing it differently, as an echo chamber of people with like-minded addiction. That may help you to realize it's a tool that can have a small benefit but more broadly has very little benefit because the people stuck on there all the time are echoing each other rather than actually getting out there and making the changes needed. Use Twitter to broadcast updates now and then but don't let Twitter use you.