Notes on the phone in your hand
Essays on phone addiction, doomscrolling, focus, and the psychology of why we can't put the thing down. Written for people who already know “just be more disciplined” isn't an answer.
By Yervand · 3 posts
Why willpower fails against TikTok (and what worked for me instead)
I tried to white-knuckle my way out of TikTok for two years. It never held. Here's what I learned about why, and the one thing that finally stuck.
How to stop doomscrolling — 7 methods, ranked by what actually lasts
I've tried most of these on myself. Here's an honest ranking of seven ways to stop doomscrolling, from free settings tweaks to handing the keys to a friend.
"I keep disabling my app blocker" — here's why, and what to do
If you keep turning your own blocker off, the problem isn't your willpower — it's that the off switch takes eight seconds. Three ways to make the bypass actually cost something.
Reading about it is the easy part.
Talk to Lumi the next time you reach for TikTok. Most reasons don't survive being said out loud.