I see friends, family, strangers, subconsciously go for their phones during thoughtless times daily. Have a moment to think… Scroll. Showering with their phone propped up watching a video. First wake up and spend an hour or two frying the mind.
It has gotten so bad in my friend group and close family I swear they could not function emotionally without consuming content. When you bring it up or any negative about it. Anger, distasteful emotions. How do you talk, convince, gain real traction towards slowing or decreasing time spent. Once or twice a day could be ok. These people do it for sometimes hours daily. It’s sickening. Advice?
I spend a lot of time away from my devices. I’ve even got written up at work because coworkers tried contacting me like 5 different ways but I wasn’t checking my phone for most of the day. I was doing archery and rock climbing at the time. I also be doing hiking and airsoft. I be doing a lot of things.
I used to be a social media addict and so I can give tips on getting off of it and being less dependent though:
Along the way, you should obviously find stuff to do that isn’t doom scrolling. There are endless of hobbies out there, book reading, yoyoing, rubiks cubes, balisong spinning, begleri, chess, lockpicking, geocaching, etc.