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It's not gone forever, you're just habituated to paying attention for shorter amounts of time. You can train it back up when you're ready.

• Workaccount2 2y ago
  I have a fantasy of getting an airbnb in the woods for a month while leaving my phone and laptop at home. Not possible at all with my current life and job, but man I could do with an attention reset.
  • tourmalinetaco 2y ago
    Why not try to practice tech minimalism? Personally I’ve found great success in even just limiting my smartphone to a feature phone.
    • ghaff 2y ago
      You really effectively need a smartphone for more and more things. A few days ago I had to pay for parking with an app. In a couple hours I’m going to a theater that only takes tickets in digital form.
      • ethbr1 2y ago
        Okay, so a feature phone and a crowbar. :)
  • ghaff 2y ago
    I did an ocean crossing a few months back and I succumbed to the siren call of Starlink. Really should have just caught up on my Kindle.
  • NoGravitas 2y ago
    Buy an e-book reader, and load it with a mix of fiction from genres you like, and non-fiction on topics you're interested in. Make it your primary form of entertainment. You'll build your patience and reading stamina back up in no time, cabin in the woods not needed.
  • mattgreenrocks 2y ago
    Nothing stuck for me until I found books in subjects I was interested in at the time. Then I built it back up, ever so slowly.