Final Recommendations

What else can be done!

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Personally, the project itself was an eye-opening experience into how the brain is affected on our interconnected world.

Technology has the potential of doing so many great things, however it is just as risky in causing serious mental health affects on an individual.

Basing yourself on your peers is where people begin to feel alone.

What amazed me is that more people suffered from depression, anxiety, and even social awkwardness due to social media. And due to those causes, individuals feel isolated when they start to create artificial connections with individuals.

'FOMO' is a popular term used, which has an abbreviation meaning the fear of missing out. And people are creating this obscure fear of not being included or lacking information resulting in ridiculous amount of phone usage (Cain).

Therefore, I can say that this problem is growing rampantly. It's a conversation that people typically do not want to have because of how closely it affects their mental health.

People are worried that they may be pinned out or experience cyber bullying due to them opening up themselves. (Guinta).

Even if we get more followers, we don't feel that we have enough.

So let's begin by first addressing the issue. Be open and spend more time alone away from your phone.

Be open to discovery of new people with face-to-face interactions. Reflect more on your experiences instead of posting a highlight reel of your best moments. (Parnell)

Think about what I can do for my future, think carefully about yourself.

Set goals and dreams to organize yourself to do more than you did the day before.

You know better now, so why don't you just put the phone down for a couple of seconds. Enjoy the moment, reflect in present time. And set goals for your future!