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Conquering My Ultimate Productivity Killer: A Journey from Shame to Action

I spend the peak productive morning time going through frivolous short videos on YouTube and worthless Reddit discussions. This habit has singularly created a significant downgrade in my professional and personal life so far.

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This article will outline how I fell into this vicious trap and what I am going to do. It will partly be an accountability article to improve my own life. 

Doom scrolling on my phone has insidiously destroyed my life. It started with the apparently useful and self help videos during the Covid lockdown. Now I am hooked to it. Now I watch the cat videos and the adorable Golden Retriever videos more than anything else. Did you read about the dog influencer becoming a millionaire? I was one of the contributors to his wealth. 

These worthless videos give me a dopamine rush. It makes me feel good at the moment like an orgasm. But it sucks me into a whirlpool of such videos. The algorithms make sure that it churns up an infinite number of such content to hold my attention. 

How has it hurt me?

  • Loss of productive time - I am usually diligent when it comes to my career growth, health, etc. Now this habit has stolen time away from these productive goals. I would have read a book or exercised instead.
  • Impacted relationships - I might spent time with my family or playing games with my young nephew. 
  • FOMO - It has given me FOMO on seeing the luxurious life, purchases, travel, etc. of others in social media. I get the FOMO even after being fully aware that they does not have such an ideal life. 

How do I plan to address this?

  • Keep the phone away from where you work and sleep. Easy accessibility of the phone is a big culprit behind my problem. 
  • Keep some books handy near my work table and bed. This is corollary from the first point. If the books are easily accessible then I would rather read them than use the phone.
  • Give myself aggressive deadlines on the tasks. This creates a mental challenge which will help me channel my time better
  • Use mindfulness to break the cycle and keep the phone away. This is easier said than done. But I have to push myself harder to deploy mindfulness.
  • Constantly remind myself of the benefits of avoiding doom scrolling.

 

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