Zombies
I accept it. Consistency and me, is same as oil and water.
Recently realised (fine, not recently, its been a couple months i guess), that my brains starting to rot.
I am not able to focus on one thing for more then 5 mins. Heck, I start to scroll even in the short time between me entering the prompt to chatGPT and it answering.
If you think thats fine, you are on the wrong boat.
So we have identified the problem. thats good. Now how to fix it? Well, here are a few things I am trying.
Replace scrolling with something else.
Something which won't degrade my attention span further.
Every time I catch myself scrolling, consciously force myself to exit the app, and start reading my book instead.
Don't have a book right then? start playing games xd. Not any game, but games which demand sustained focus. Games like Chess, Alto's Odyssey, Monument Valley.
Its not great, but hey, at least we are not scrolling, and thats a win.
Remember how stupid it looks.
Couple months back, I was travelling in a metro. My phone had died so I literally couldn't do anything else but to see around and wait for my station to come. That was when I saw.
Almost every. single. person. was crouched down and staring into their phone.
Just random reels playing. They looked like zombies. Addicted, scrolling through useless videos.
And I would be doing the same thing, had my phone not died.
Delete instagram Right now
Yes. Right now. DO IT.
I am gonna wait. 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1 .
Good.
Use it only on desktop. Reduce instagram scroll time to 30-45 mins max.
Eat 5 star, Do Nothing.
Sit with nothing for 5 mins daily. No music, No book, No podcast. Just exist. Reset the timer every time I reach for something.
I have done this before, and damn it feels so uncomfortable. seriously. You will be surprised.
Sleep.
Just sleep. Good 7-8 hrs of sleep everyday. Sleep early, wake up early.
These may seem simple. But I think if I follow it for 2 months, I should notice some difference.
You guys got any plan to fix your brain?
P.S.
heyo! fellow zombies. Kudos on reading blogs instead of scrolling!
Here's my email (would love to hear back)
if you have reached till here, an upvote pls?
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cheers!