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Scrolling through online feeds is an addiction. Best thing seems to be to go cold turkey. Instead you could do something meditative (e.g. taking walks, sports)
by andor 4y ago
Scrolling through online feeds is an addiction.
Best thing seems to be to go cold turkey. Instead you could do something meditative (e.g. taking walks, sports) or something that allows you to enter a flow state (e.g. reading a book).
Getting out of bed can be difficult, so it's best done out of habit and without thinking.
Some pointers
Anna Lembke On The Neuroscience of Addiction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jziP0CEgvOw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jziP0CEgvOw
Implementation intentions to form new habits:
https://sites.google.com/site/unlvhowtolearn/implementation-intention https://sites.google.com/site/unlvhowtolearn/implementation-...
- andor 4y agoOh, and one thing to keep in mind is that motivation follows action. Just do something (or in your case, stop doing something) for a while and you'll start to enjoy it.
- matthewfcarlson 4y agoI have really trouble starting and stopping things. One helpful trick is just tell myself that I can work on x for five minutes. The other part of the truck is that you have to mean it. Sometimes I get on the computer to work on a side project, and then goof off on other stuff and some nights I’m working right up until bedtime.