I think it's safe to say that at this point, the experience of sitting down on your phone,

scrolling on social media for hours to the point of feeling depressed and anxious and insecure

is a universal experience. We've all experienced it. Like, my grandma has experienced it. And I don't

even know if she knows how to send an email, but somehow she knows how to

doom scroll. It's kind of a miracle, honestly, that she figured that out. Like, that feels advanced.

But unfortunately, she figured out something that I wish she didn't figure out, because doom scrolling

is one of the most miserable experiences of life today. I mean, there are more miserable

experiences, but doom scrolling is actually really

bad. And it shouldn't be because it's just the act of using the internet, scrolling, consuming

content, consuming news, consuming information, like, shouldn't be that bad, but it is. And unfortunately,

we're all experiencing it. But it's inevitable because the internet is

more addictive than ever. And we are not equipped as human beings to resist the temptation. So we're all

sort of fighting this bad habit together, which is sort of beautiful, but again, unfortunate,

because doom scrolling sucks and makes us all feel like shit.

And it really made me feel like shit a few years ago to the point where I took extreme measures.

I bought a second phone. I downloaded all of the addictive social media apps onto that phone

and then decided to keep that phone in a drawer unless I really needed it to maybe post something

on social media or every once in a while to check in on my loved ones and in you know but other than

that the phone's in the drawer and I will say it really helped me like I can confidently say that

I've kicked the doom scrolling habit for the most part.

Am I perfect at it?

No.

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