One Sec helps you stay calm on social media

Are you going to open social media and do you already feel the tension rising? The One Sec app helps you to stay a little calm with all the stimuli that are coming your way. Firstly, the app helps you by asking if you want to take a deep breath and secondly, it keeps track of how much time you spend in your favorite apps. This time in App of the Week: One Sec.

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It remains an ironic thing: an app that should ensure that you don’t use your phone so much. But yes, we all know the feeling: ‘where has the time gone?’ Even if I say to myself: you only have to watch something on TikTok for an article, so stick to that one video, then it’s suddenly fifteen minutes or half an hour later and I’ve received makeup tips about eyeliner, a dance seen from a well-known choreographer and some kind of life hack that should make sure that I can suddenly cut an onion without crying.

They are sometimes useful tools, but most of the videos we see passing by, or posts on social media, do not really add anything to our lives. Of course there is also entertainment, just relaxing by laughing, but there are also a lot of people who feel a lot of tension because of social media. Maybe because you run into your ex’s new love, or because that one vague acquaintance is already on vacation and you want that too. Or simply because someone says something hateful about your lifestyle. It can go either way, but social media is certainly not always fun.

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And above all, it takes up a lot of time, time that you might rather spend on something else. Of course you don’t have to: if you are happy with your social media time, then you should continue with it, but if you can use some insight or help, One Sec is not a bad option. You choose which apps should be given a break before you open them and One Sec then ensures that this also happens when you open the app in question.

It makes you a little more aware to use your phone and the associated apps. It sounds crazy, but it does work to at least make you more aware of your behavior. And, also because you can keep your head a little emptier and not feel the tension rising with every swipe or scroll you do. The app is free to use, but then it’s only for one app. If you want to ‘One Sec’ more apps, you need a premium subscription at 3.59 euros per month or 5 euros per year in the first year (and after that for a tenner). Not a bad offer. You do not have to create an account, but pay attention to what the app wants to know from you, because it does ask for a number of permissions that you must be willing to give. For example, it must always be able to run in the background and that can affect your phone.

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