Very nice. I am 27, and just did the same thing these past few months. I loved reading growing up, but noticed that post-schooling I pivoted hard into digital binging. So when I started to read again, my attention span was awful, would forget what I had read immediately, feel an urge to pick up the phone in the middle of reading, etc. So what I did was pick relevant books to my issue. I started reading "How to Break Up With Your Phone" by Caroline Price. That gave me some incredible ideas of how to put the "leash" back onto my phone. So now I have app timers for stuff like Reddit, use "focus mode" from 9-5 which prompts you before opening any meaningless apps, etc. After that I started to wonder further about the effects of social media, so I read the book, "Influenced: The Impact of Social Media on Our Perception" by Brian Boxer Wachler, MD. This gave me even further insights into how distorted a social media is, despite many good faith actors on the platforms dispelling bad information.From then on, I've been trying to find topics that pertain to my curiosities, while taking breaks in between with smaller books, something like "Binti" by Nnedi Okorafor. I've also removed my phone from my bedroom at night, bought an alarm clock, and don't engage with it until I've been awake for more than an hour, while putting it down two hours before bed.Keep it up, it's good to be aware of these things and I only think folks will become more aware.

Very nice. I am 27, and just did the same thing these past few months. I loved reading growing up, but noticed that post-schooling I pivoted hard into digital binging. So when I started to read again, my attention span was awful, would forget what I had read immediately, feel an urge to pick up the phone in the middle of reading, etc. So what I did was pick relevant books to my issue. I started reading "How to Break Up With Your Phone" by Caroline Price. That gave me some incredible ideas of how to put the "leash" back onto my phone. So now I have app timers for stuff like Reddit, use "focus mode" from 9-5 which prompts you before opening any meaningless apps, etc. After that I started to wonder further about the effects of social media, so I read the book, "Influenced: The Impact of Social Media on Our Perception" by Brian Boxer Wachler, MD. This gave me even further insights into how distorted a social media is, despite many good faith actors on the platforms dispelling bad information.From then on, I've been trying to find topics that pertain to my curiosities, while taking breaks in between with smaller books, something like "Binti" by Nnedi Okorafor. I've also removed my phone from my bedroom at night, bought an alarm clock, and don't engage with it until I've been awake for more than an hour, while putting it down two hours before bed.Keep it up, it's good to be aware of these things and I only think folks will become more aware.

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