Tips to fix my ducked up attention span!
Has anyone taken consious steps to fix this? Or are you are mindlessely scrolling as well? Do share your experiences.
Suggest some good books please, will get 1 initially.
Fiction. Also, what are you currently reading?
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It’s an exercise in patience to get back to reading (after Instagram reels addiction)
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Haven't completely fixed my attention span but trying to do it
Completely detached myself from Instagram and Facebook
Uninstalled YouTube and disabled search and watch history.
Try consuming long form or text content only. I have been using reddit and Twitter more than usual but they themselves are pushing me away.
Man, I would pay for youtube premium in a blink, if they could just add a disable shorts option. Yt does aggressive shorts promotion on feed.
Yt vanced used to have that option, but now vanced itself is gone.
On twitter- have you exhausted the rate limit for today already? 😂
The 5-10 min click bait videos are equally damaging, avoid consuming content that you don't search, aimless surfing is a big reason for high screen time.
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ObtuseCutie
Stealth
a year ago
10 mins of mindfulness meditation daily. You can follow any of the guided ones online. The main issue with attention span is that you don't realise when you loose attention.
Mindfulness will help you train your mind to first understand when it's loosing attention and how to bring it back gently without judging yourself etc.
It changed me life for the better and it's just 10mins a day. You'll feel much lighter and get better sleep as well after a month or so if doing it.
Try it out.
Thanks mate, will try to inculcate this habit gradually.
Do you use any specific meditation apps like headspace, etc or does yt videos do the trick for you?
Also, since you have been already doing it from quite some time I assume, any particular recommendations or tips you would like to give. That would be good.
ObtuseCutie
Stealth
a year ago
Ok so the cult app has an amazing beginners course for meditation. It's by a psychiatrist called Dr shyam bhat and he's a super popular mental heal professional in India. Those sessions will get you up and running within a week and will help you inculcate a long term habit. Just follow them
These sessions are accessible even when you have only the online program package of cult.
My only piece of advice here is to not try too many different things you'll get confused. Just stick to this one. They have mini series for focus as well but it's a good idea to get the basics down first. It's called the foundation course on meditation. Just 10mins.
Also just take it one day at a time and trust the process. It's something that wil show you immediate results but long term benifits (as i. Experiencing now) is immense and life-changing.
Just take it easy on yourself. Remember to take it slow and that you have the rest of your life ahead of you. This is just one step in the right direction.
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grapevibe
Student
a year ago
Avoid social media apps with short reels and videos. They tend to reduce the attention span. Read books and go for walk everyday
I usually have an on/off relationship with social media. But, it seems like every piece of content that is made today is tailored around our low attention span, no matter which app you use..
Which book are you reading currently?
Suggest some to me to get back on reading.
You're not alone in this. We all are fucked and screwed up and are going to die soooon
Running and meditation has helped me quite a bit. Also sleeping on time
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GV_influenzer
Student
a year ago
💀 YouTube shorts are killin me 11 freakin hours and my dopamine system is fried :/ NEEED HELP, WHAT SHOULD I DO ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ
Trying to find a way to let go of yt shorts. Yt isn't making it easy lol
ericcartmanchan
Stealth
a year ago
Move some part of screen time from phone/watching webseries or YT to easy reading, and do this regularly.
Like start with 15min to maintain atleast 30min a day. Do it at a fixed time of the day, like 30min before you sleep.
As for reading - goal is to find something super interesting and easy read to help with routine building - could be manga of your fav anime, fantasy fiction (Harry Potter, mistborn series and so).
Once you start reading, and maintain the minimum time daily, you will also see days where you spend more time, because you are hooked.
Overall this is how I am training. Underlining theme is fine deep engagement activity for consumption and use it to replace your passive consumption like reels, yt etc.
Oh, I was facing the same.
Reels and youtube shorts made it worse.
But now I took control of it and made a conscious effort.
These things helped me
-I started to watch 10+ videos,
-documentaries and books.
- Instead of playing my fav song and looping it, started to pick some random good vibes or some random playlist.
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