I love how you offer tangible steps and solutions here, Ed. So many folks (self included) understand how social media and online habits are harming us...but aren't fully and truly committed to doing what's needed to shift the trajectory. I'm off all social media except Notes and Substack, but still notice the same patterns here unless I actively choose to disengage from them.
It does take small ACTIONS to change, as good as the thoughts may make us feel. Screen Time limits are super helpful to start “harm reduction” habits. You’re correct that even here on Substack, where there’s a better “signal to noise ratio”, there need to be time boundaries.
The reward every Sunday is getting the screen time report where I can see the fruits of my behavior changes. This past week was a week with 30% less screen time than my baseline the first week of January.
I love how you offer tangible steps and solutions here, Ed. So many folks (self included) understand how social media and online habits are harming us...but aren't fully and truly committed to doing what's needed to shift the trajectory. I'm off all social media except Notes and Substack, but still notice the same patterns here unless I actively choose to disengage from them.
Thanks for reading and thoughtfully commenting.
It does take small ACTIONS to change, as good as the thoughts may make us feel. Screen Time limits are super helpful to start “harm reduction” habits. You’re correct that even here on Substack, where there’s a better “signal to noise ratio”, there need to be time boundaries.
The reward every Sunday is getting the screen time report where I can see the fruits of my behavior changes. This past week was a week with 30% less screen time than my baseline the first week of January.