1. Mindset
Q: What are your top tips to staying healthy and managing social media during this time?
“No doubt about it, social media is both a blessing and a curse during this time, everyone is going to be spending more time on their phones because this is one of the only ways to contact friends and family during isolation. However, it is important to balance time, especially as a young person.
1. Speak to friends, whether you are texting, video calling anything at all! This is a great way to connect and not feel isolated (even though we are in isolation).
2. Take a step back, go for a run, go out into the garden. Leave your phone. As important as it is to connect with people on social media, it is as important to step back and take a break.
3. You have time to do things you never normally would. Create content, build an audience & support others.
4. Reach out, not just to friends but everyone. Although social platforms are allowing us to communicate whilst being stuck at home, people need to talk more than ever.”
I also asked Sterling about his experiences on social media, and how it has impacted his career in both positive and negative ways.