Thanks for sharing your experience, Esha! The book you mentioned sounds really interesting! For me, setting rules around consumption has helped, but the other strategies mentioned sound like viable options (including the Lake Ontario option lol). It’s always helpful to hear how everyone else is dealing with this all-too-familiar 21st-century issue.
The topic never gets old and mostly because this isn’t a one-off problem. Your willpower will falter, you will have a bad day or you just want to say ‘fuck it.’ Then there you are, back on the screen, two hours have passed and you haven’t had the glass of water you were getting out of bed for.
I find it interesting to read how other people tackle this issue, so I thought I’d share what has worked for me. If you have anything else (in terms of habits or mindsets), I’d love to hear about it.
yes exactly! I find that avoiding social media in the morning helps me to have more focus throughout the day, and I sometimes turn off the wifi on my phone when I want to be concentrated on a certain task. But as you said, it’s not a one-off problem and I feel that constant mindfulness is needed to not fall down the many rabbit holes on the Internet.
Turning off the WiFi more—that's a good one. I need to do more of that.
I can get a bit lax about checking social media (for now, Substack) in the mornings, but when I hold off on doing that until after or just before lunch, I get so much done.
Wow, I did the same thing two months ago, and my life has been so much better. Staying away from my phone and laptop helped me finally start working on goals that I'd been procrastinating on for over 5 years. Turns out our mothers were right- it is the stupid phone to blame.
It’s almost a surprise how much time you discover you have once the technology and Internet usage is reduced. You can do so much more than you thought—the focus, the will and most importantly, the desire, are all revived.
Thanks for sharing your experience, Esha! The book you mentioned sounds really interesting! For me, setting rules around consumption has helped, but the other strategies mentioned sound like viable options (including the Lake Ontario option lol). It’s always helpful to hear how everyone else is dealing with this all-too-familiar 21st-century issue.
The topic never gets old and mostly because this isn’t a one-off problem. Your willpower will falter, you will have a bad day or you just want to say ‘fuck it.’ Then there you are, back on the screen, two hours have passed and you haven’t had the glass of water you were getting out of bed for.
I find it interesting to read how other people tackle this issue, so I thought I’d share what has worked for me. If you have anything else (in terms of habits or mindsets), I’d love to hear about it.
yes exactly! I find that avoiding social media in the morning helps me to have more focus throughout the day, and I sometimes turn off the wifi on my phone when I want to be concentrated on a certain task. But as you said, it’s not a one-off problem and I feel that constant mindfulness is needed to not fall down the many rabbit holes on the Internet.
Turning off the WiFi more—that's a good one. I need to do more of that.
I can get a bit lax about checking social media (for now, Substack) in the mornings, but when I hold off on doing that until after or just before lunch, I get so much done.
Wow, I did the same thing two months ago, and my life has been so much better. Staying away from my phone and laptop helped me finally start working on goals that I'd been procrastinating on for over 5 years. Turns out our mothers were right- it is the stupid phone to blame.
It’s almost a surprise how much time you discover you have once the technology and Internet usage is reduced. You can do so much more than you thought—the focus, the will and most importantly, the desire, are all revived.