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Having an attention span. I used to be able to sit with a book and read for hours in silence. Now I don’t like when it’s too quiet. And if I play music to counteract that my brain also can’t read the same thing for more than a paragraph because scrolling through Reddit has made it so I don’t have the patience for anything and I want quick, digestible pieces. Watching movies and tv shows is also terrible because I’m constantly checking my phone so I miss a lot of important details. I fully acknowledge I have a phone addiction.
You can choose slow living. I felt this way a few years ago and slowly have eased myself back into the real world by choice. It’s hard but slowly going back to analog has actually made my mental health and personal relationships so much better, I’ve even made new friends, I was told that was impossible on your 30 but it’s very possible of you find other analog people.
You don't even need to disconnect imo.
Just use the phone more consciously. It's not crack, if you want you can put it down more often, read a book and when the brains says hey what phone doing you can acknowledge the thought and maybe not act on it every time. Soon you'll find the balance you want between all phone all the time and being mindful 24/7.
Honestly, for me, limiting my phone use is harder than it was to quit smoking. One main part is of course that for many things you need your phone, so its often on your person. I do try living more without it, but it can still suck me in.
What part sucks you in? Social media? Which one specifically? I find reddit is more addictive than lemmy for example.
Well its just the new information, I deleted Reddit ages ago, but I still compulsively watch Lemmy and my mail, messenger apps. (Though a lot less than when I had Reddit up). It's a weird compulsion. I've blocked many attention sucking websites, but still. But gotta say, I'm resisting more and more.