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This is my best hack ever for liberating myself from doomscrolling and unfortunately it requires having a second device, what I like to call a naughty ipad. I only have social media apps on my naughty ipad and I’m not allowed to look at the apps anywhere but there. I try to only check it on Sundays but I’m not that good yet…I imagine this might also work with an old phone but something about scrolling through stories on the instagram ipad app is so embarrassing the dopamine is losing its grip on my brain.
Oct 9, 2024
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reduce phone addiction while still having access to socials. you can have it all.
Could be iPad/laptop/etc
Jan 24, 2024
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something unique about me is that I need to be on my phone less. this app has been the most helpful deterrent for some reason...don't want to spoil how but every time I want to open instagram, for example, I have to do something humiliating like "exercise patience."
Jun 19, 2023
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Prevents me from spending an unwell amount of time on instagram and twitter. It shows you how many times you’ve tried to get on an app in the previous 24 hours and makes you do some extremely annoying task beforehand. Bonus points if you turn on front facing camera so you are forced to look at yourself every time you go to sad scroll. It is rewiring my brain to feel disgust when I click on those evil apps
May 21, 2024
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go to your local library‘s website or download the app. then search for a book you really want to read. then put it on hold. it feels like online shopping but it’s free. in a few days or weeks you'll get a cute text message or email that your book is ready to pick up and you’ll get to say hello to your local librarians and procure a new (to you) book which also feels like free shopping. the most functional part of our government ily public libraries
Mar 9, 2024
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sure beats having one
Mar 9, 2024
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i usually find myself in reading ruts when i’m taking classes and being assigned books or when i’m trying to keep up with new releases and the “smart” books that are usually dense and long. i can usually get myself out of this rut by picking out a book that looks fun to me, like a book set on a beach or something I loved in middle school. I’m reading From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler right now and it’s just FUN!!! I also am very much not someone who feels like they have to finish a book. Life is too short. I think that helps!
Mar 29, 2024