Maybe I am old man yelling at clouds, but I really couldn't imagine being in school/university now. #Internet, especially mobile internet with its insidious nature, messed up my #AttentionSpan, #patience and #focus ability. I could compare this, I still remember my great focus and motivation in my school years.

I had internet at home when I started high school but rarely used it, only for info searching, not "to spend time there". Halfway in university years (my first Android #smartphone) I had that "scrolling and mobile gaming" phase which noticeably affected my focus ability first time. And in my first year in first serious job I fell into "long commute + much mobile data" trap.

Luckily I never noticed problems with book #reading I sometimes hear of, I still prefer good long novel rather than scrolling. And I feel less guilty when my day mysteriously disappears because of reading instead of mindless web surfing (and immediately forgetting what I found).

But there are some effects I notice regularly. I am easily bored/annoyed/tired on longer work meetings. I can't imagine I could sit on 2 h long lectures again. I can rarely JUST WAIT for something, tram, meeting, boiling water, most times I take my phone. Not mentioning taking phone to toilet, which I ever resisted for few years. And sometimes I have to actively fight against this automatic urge to check web, to get chores done. It also gave me this not so healthy mentality of seeking shortcuts and minimizing/avoiding effort.

I feel affected even when I started scrolling at ~23 years old. I expect children starting in much younger ages, before they develop good discipline and attention span, could have much serious problems.

#scrolling #doomscrolling #web #addiction

If you dig up a seed every day to see if it’s growing, it will never bloom. You have to trust the soil. Give your new routines and goals the time they need to take root! 🌻 #Patience #GardeningMetaphors #RecoveryTakesTime

Read more: https://open.substack.com/pub/speakingbipolar/p/stop-digging-up-the-seeds-to-see?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=y4fp9

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