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You might just have to be bored
We have an endless amount of information and games at our fingertips, but it’s rotting our brains.
We need to soak in more idle time. No scrolling, music, podcasts, or audiobooks. Try it, even for a few minutes.
Notice how relaxed and grounded you feel when you simply observe and think?
We really don’t know how to stop and smell the roses anymore. ... See more
We need to soak in more idle time. No scrolling, music, podcasts, or audiobooks. Try it, even for a few minutes.
Notice how relaxed and grounded you feel when you simply observe and think?
We really don’t know how to stop and smell the roses anymore. ... See more
HealthyGamerGG - YouTube
Among the many things we talked about, she told me she spends most of her waking hours plugged into some kind of device: Instagramming, YouTubing, listening to podcasts and playlists. In session with her I suggested she try walking to class without listening to anything and just letting her own thoughts bubble to the surface.
Anna Lembke • Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
I finally saw what this study was talking about when it found scrolling makes you more bored. Once I switched to these more active, “companion” apps, I’m enjoying them more and my screen time has decreased. It’s because I’m not laying in bed digitally switching from abyss to abyss, but using them when relevant to the real-life thing I’m doing.
Nick Catucci • My year of rest and Twitter detoxification
A “media detox” can help you calm down, recenter, and take charge of your own awareness again, not to mention boosting self-regulation and saving you a bunch of wasted time. Put mindful limits on what you consume, how, why, how often, and for how long. This may be as simple as deciding you will not start every day by reaching for your phone within
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The balance between being and doing is hard. We are obsessed with doing - and when we are not doing, we are looking at our phones, which is the doing that has replaced being. How to build a self ? How to find time to reflect? Time off has become the exercise class, self-improvement, a trip to the therapist, a vacation where the to-do and to-see lis
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