doomscrolling be gone

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onto today’s topic: doomscrolling be gone 📱 

lately, i’ve noticed that i have been spending significantly less time scrolling on tiktok or succumbing to mindlessly scrolling on my phone in general. initially i chalked it up to me just being busy and adjusting to change with starting college, but i’ve been busy and adjusting for the past 14 months nonstop LOL. i caught myself getting sucked into 15-second stimulation and putting off different tasks more frequently than i’d like to admit. 😅 

since returning to land after my 3-week sailing expedition, i haven’t spent more than 10 minutes on tiktok continuously. i also uninstalled linkedin and twitter off my phone, and i never scrolled on instagram to begin with.

my hypothesis for this change is the fact that i realized through experience while on the boat that i don’t need digital stimulus to entertain myself. why scroll on tiktok in pursuit of laughter when i could call my friends and family? visit my friends’ dorms and hang out? go to the gym and push myself? 🤨 

life offers so many alternatives to doomscrolling that actually leave a more meaningful impact on our momentary amusement.

i don’t find myself reaching for my phone during idle time as much anymore. i’ve become a little more comfortable with silence — not just physical noise but also the decluttering the stimulus from my mind.

i hope to get to a point where i don’t pick up my phone at all except for communication, music, and taking photos. maybe i’ll just delete every app that doesn’t fit in those 3 boxes. ;)

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