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Comment by gf263

2 hours ago

Whenever I see something like this, I think wow this is gonna be so effective and change my life and then two weeks later it’s uninstalled and I’m slack jaw standing over the sink browsing Instagram

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izzylan  7 minutes ago

Scrolling is a bad habit. It's hard to kill habits outright, so you need to replacement.

Step one is figuring out what triggers the habit. Step two is finding a replacement.

Something that worked for me is keeping certain websites to the "big screen" (aka my computer). If I want to browse Reddit I have to get up and go to my PC. I've blocked it on my phone. For me, scrolling on my PC is a little more managable because hey while I'm there and looking at Reddit, I can open up a terminal and update my packages, or check my todos, or put on music...

  • gf263  1 minute ago

    I live alone, so it’s really hard to fully kick it because it feels like socializing a little bit…