# Professor Alixandra Barasch’s advice on how to stay connected on social media without detracting from your vacation is featured as the “Tip of the Week”

1 Faculty News July 30, 2018 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/smarter-living/how-to-beat-fobo-from-the-expert-who-coined-it.html) -- "'Keep your social media habits contained to your desktop computer,' Dr. [Barasch](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/alixandra-barasch) suggested. Delete apps like Facebook and Instagram from your phone, and share your photos when you get home."

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