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n a Pew Research Poll conducted last summer, 47 percent of U.S. Facebook users ages 18 to 29 said they had discontinued using the service for several weeks or longer at some point in the previous year.

Meanwhile, in a study in PLOS One, Kenyon College researchers found that college students said they would require an average of $1,000 in exchange for giving up their Facebook accounts for a year.

It seems we have complicated feelings about our social media habits.

We love our technology, but we also resent it. It comes into our lives and makes things smoother and easier, but it also changes us in ways we often don’t anticipate and don’t like. By the time we become aware of those changes, though, it’s too late, or at least it feels as though it’s too late. Going back to a life before Facebook, Instagram, constant email updates, text messaging, etc., seems unimaginable.

Of course, we don’t want to get rid of all technology, and we need to see work emails, but many of us crave a healthier relationship with our tech. The new year has just begun, so this is the optimal time to do it.

The average American spends nearly 11 hours a day interacting with some type of screen, so establishing a more mindful approach to one’s devices is arguably as beneficial as signing up for a gym membership or abstaining from alcohol for a month or two. And giving up some social media and other screen time can free up time to hit the gym, read more, work harder, or actually speak to human beings.

If you’re looking to reboot your tech behaviors in 2019, here are a few ways to use your smartphones, laptops, apps, and feeds without getting used by them.

Take a social media hiatus

Many of us say we feel social media