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My Struggle with Doom Scrolling

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Re: My Struggle with Doom Scrolling

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The struggle is real. I wrote about this a while back: https://renegadeotter.com/2023/08/24/getting-your-focus-back...

What you are doing is "self-limiting" which is not very effective. The devil on your shoulder will always fight this - "don't tell me what to do!"

The wanting to not doom-scroll should be intrinsic. I know that right now, for obvious reasons, it's easier said than done.

Re: My Struggle with Doom Scrolling

#12
I can relate on so many levels, tried so many techniques and tactics and often returned back.

Now I have similar system in place, however I kept the Chrome installed because of the bank authentications just like you said. But I'm using the Wellbeing app (Pixel) to block all the social media domains so even if out of habit I start typing twitter, it does not load.

The daily game I play is rotaboxes that's super relaxing and exactly, has an end.

I really enjoy reading someone else who is going through the same struggles overcomes them. Good luck sticking to them.

Re: My Struggle with Doom Scrolling

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Recently my coworker asked me if I could recommend any physical alarm clocks. He said that phone alarm causes him to pick up the phone the first thing in the morning and he wants to break away from this habit. I guess at some point the society as a whole will start fighting back.

It comes with other benefits as well. Not even the cheapest alarm clock has ever failed me. Sure, it can run out of battery power but the low power icon shows up months before it runs out of juice. Phone alarms on the other hand? I had them not triggering at all, or the vibration motor in the phone being stuck (?) and thus not working temporarily, etc... Hence I also prefer physical alarm clocks without software that have one job and one job only.

Re: My Struggle with Doom Scrolling

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Recently my coworker asked me if I could recommend any physical alarm clocks. He said that phone alarm causes him to pick up the phone the first thing in the morning and he wants to break away from this habit. I guess at some point the society as a whole will start fighting back.

I use a Garmin watch for alarms. Frequent conversation: "oh you have a smartwatch" "no it's dumb in all the right ways, which is the point" Notably I have notifications but can't act on them, which prevents me from picking up the phone just to check notifications and then be drawn into doing actions. YMMV.

Same here. The most useful thing to me is it taps me awake instead of making a noise so my partner doesn't have to wake up when I do.

Re: My Struggle with Doom Scrolling

#15
What are you guys reading from your infinite scroll suppliers? Are you really that dumb to cease reading (e)books for observing some stories written by no-names? And do you consider your pictures' ability to move as a superiority? How can you know at least anything about the world, the Nature and the agressive nature of the Government, how are you supposed to obtain this knowledge from your infinite scrolling devices?

Re: My Struggle with Doom Scrolling

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Recently my coworker asked me if I could recommend any physical alarm clocks. He said that phone alarm causes him to pick up the phone the first thing in the morning and he wants to break away from this habit. I guess at some point the society as a whole will start fighting back.

It comes with other benefits as well. Not even the cheapest alarm clock has ever failed me. Sure, it can run out of battery power but the low power icon shows up months before it runs out of juice. Phone alarms on the other hand? I had them not triggering at all, or the vibration motor in the phone being stuck (?) and thus not working temporarily, etc... Hence I also prefer physical alarm clocks without software that…

I've had strange time issues lately with iOS and macOS.

Initially I thought it was a TZ issue because of automatic location but the offset ended up being inconsistent with any TZ. Looks like a mix of RTC and NTP issue, the latter hiding the former when it works but revealing it when it fails.

Luckily I don't use alarms on my phone.

Re: My Struggle with Doom Scrolling

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Recently my coworker asked me if I could recommend any physical alarm clocks. He said that phone alarm causes him to pick up the phone the first thing in the morning and he wants to break away from this habit. I guess at some point the society as a whole will start fighting back.

My wife and I recently watched the HBO Dune miniseries (it’s great!) and I was thinking how bizarre it would be if people in that universe were spending their days passive scrolling the screen on their pocket computers.

Wall-E depicted a future like that, but I can’t really think of any other books or movies that imagine that kind of future for humanity. Surely this is a phase we are going through, right?

Re: My Struggle with Doom Scrolling

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use a Garmin watch for alarms. Frequent conversation: "oh you have a smartwatch" "no it's dumb in all the right ways, which is the point" Notably I have notifications but can't act on them, which prevents me from picking up the phone just to check notifications and then be drawn into doing actions. YMMV.

Same here. The most useful thing to me is it taps me awake instead of making a noise so my partner doesn't have to wake up when I do.

Same, especially important since my wife works night shifts.

Re: My Struggle with Doom Scrolling

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Recently my coworker asked me if I could recommend any physical alarm clocks. He said that phone alarm causes him to pick up the phone the first thing in the morning and he wants to break away from this habit. I guess at some point the society as a whole will start fighting back.

I use a Garmin watch for alarms. Frequent conversation: "oh you have a smartwatch" "no it's dumb in all the right ways, which is the point" Notably I have notifications but can't act on them, which prevents me from picking up the phone just to check notifications and then be drawn into doing actions. YMMV.

Agreed. My Garmin fenix is one of the most useful things I own. It's just 'smart' enough in the ways I need it to be (mostly for exercise/health), and 'dumb' enough not to bother me with useless dopamine nudges from apps from my phone. It's a delightful piece of technology that improves my life in subtle ways rather than detracts from it or saps it.
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