Backlash
Uninstalling Instagram felt good for a couple of days. Got back hours and hours of scrolling time to do other stuff. But, what other stuff to do? I only know spending time on social media whenever I'm free, stressed, happy, sad, excited, or scared. That means I start unlocking my phone the moment I feel anything. All that momentum crashed back into me after about a week of getting out of Instagram. Two scenarios Everything boiled down to two situations. One, whenever I'm relieved from work, I open the app as it decreases my mental task of thinking for me, pushing content into my brain automatically. Two, whenever I had a couple of seconds here or there (standing in the lunch line, waiting for people to join a meet), I opened the app to get a quick emotional boost. I've started using YouTube shorts as a fallback for both of them. I'll explain how my brain kicked back in those two situations. First - Longer hours In the first case, once I completed a physically or mentall...