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So look, I don't know who needs to hear this, but it really is that damn phone, okay?

And this is coming from someone who had a severe scrolling addiction.

I'll wake up, eye boogers still in my eyes, dried up drool on the side of my mouth,

and I would grab my phone and look at it and just immediately start scrolling.

When I'm walking, I scroll in the car, on the train, on the couch, in bed.

I never realized that I spent pretty much every single second of free time that I had scrolling.

And then at one point, it was just starting to take a toll on me, honestly, going through a depressive episode,

and I was like, I need to do something about this.

Like I don't feel good about myself i'm waking up every day feeling so drained like what is going on?

My attention span was cooked.

My anxiety was getting worse I would wake up every day feeling

so drained and tired and just like having no energy I felt

so behind in life and it's crazy because even though I didn't feel good

My escape was to still scroll and it ended up making me feel worse

And finally I realized I got up and I was like no this cannot continue any longer

So your girl decided to do a seven day no scrolling challenge.

Yep And let me tell you my life completely changed.

I completely changed.

I literally feel like a new person

My discipline came back.

I no longer feel behind in life I'm doing things

that I always said I was gonna do

but always said I didn't have time for I'm

so much more intentional and present in my life I'm happier I'm more confident and

if you're wondering why I did a no scrolling challenge instead of just not being on my phone at all for one

Week, it's cuz look, you know, it's 2026 girl

Like I cannot sit here pretend

that I can throw my phone into the Hudson River Never look at it again use a flip phone

and just like be a caveman never use my phone or the internet ever again

Like no, that is just not realistic.

My entire job is literally online I talk to my friends and family on my phone all the time

My camera is on my phone my calendar my maps my music my memories literally everything is on my phone

It's not realistic to get rid of this completely

So that's why I don't actually think the solution is to just get rid of your phone

and after seven days of no scrolling at all I can confidently tell you it really is that damn phone

But the good news is

that you can actually use your phone to help you level up your life instead of letting

it take away from your life

So in this video, I'm going to share with you why scrolling is ruining your life

How to stop zoom scrolling get disciplined level up your life and still be able to use your phone by the way

If you're new here, my name is Lina and I share all things leveling up and becoming your best self

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Okay, first things first, we're gonna talk about my screen time.

Okay, everybody sit settle down

We're gonna have a little therapy sesh.

Okay, I'm gonna expose myself so you don't have to so I first checked my screen time

And it was about five hours and three of those hours were spent scrolling on social media

And if you do the math on that three hours a day means 21 hours a week

That's 91 hours in a month

and that's four entire days every month I spent just scrolling and that is four entire days every month.

I spent doing this

Okay, so here's what I want you to do since we did that with mine,

okay i need you to go check yours check your screen time okay look

we need to humble ourselves we are in the same boat don't be ashamed don't avoid it okay

because we need to be realistic here like i don't know about you

but for me i was spending hours

and hours of my day every single day wasting my life scrolling

so i'm gonna challenge you right now to check your screen time

but also to join your girl with this no scrolling challenge for one week

and so that we could do something about our screen time

and scrolling and as someone

that did the no scrolling challenge for one week let me

tell you i am now two weeks in of no scrolling

because i felt so good after that one week and now

that we're sitting here transparent with each other

that we have a scrolling problem now we can just look at the data

and be like okay i'm spending this many hours i'm spending three hours a day scrolling i want

that time back and

so don't feel ashamed don't like hide don't avoid

it don't feel bad about yourself like we're we're in this

boat together whether you're spending 10 hours a day scrolling

or one hour a day scrolling and your goal is to stop

and take your time back empower yourself empower yourself with

that knowledge i'm wasting x amount of time scrolling every day

but guess what i'm gonna take x amount of time back to my own life

so take the shame and the pressure away from it

and just empower yourself

and be like you know what for the next week i'm gonna try to not scroll

and see what happens

so why you should stop scrolling first things first

you are not actually living your own life to your fullest potential

so this was probably one of the biggest realizations for me

when i stopped scrolling think about what happens

when you immediately open up social media immediately

you're seeing everyone's beautiful pictures looking perfect going on perfect vacations

people getting engaged married people getting into their dream school how successful

this person is how nice of a body

this person has every single time you're opening up your phone to scroll

you are consuming everyone else's life instead of being present

and living your own your attention is being pulled to all

these different things literally instantly as soon as you scroll

and again look i'm not anti -social media i have a career on social media I need social media,

but there's a big difference between using social media intentionally

or Wasting hours and hours every day watching someone else live

and during my no scrolling challenge I'm not gonna lie the first couple days.

I felt like withdrawal

Like I felt like kind of like a drug addict where I was like I was like itching myself I was like, oh my god

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Like what do I do with this like free time

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that I have I noticed even at the gym

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when I was working out I didn't realize how much I would in between sets just like grab my phone

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and start scrolling because now that I wasn't allowing myself to scroll there was like

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so many in between moments that were so quiet

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and i was literally like i didn't know what to do with myself

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couldn't just like sit with myself in between my sets in my workouts

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and just like be and after the first couple days

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and i started to get used to it i started feeling way more connected to my life

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and what i mean by

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that is like i've started being more present even during my workouts my workouts started getting

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so much better because i felt

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so much more present instead of like scrolling in the

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in -between moments even during my commute like going on the subway

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i would spend time scrolling on my phone instead i would just like look at the people around me

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and like see what's going on see the environment

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and be like oh wait this life is kind of nice like the weather is nice i like

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that girl's shoes her outfit is cute

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or like i just started noticing life more and being present for it

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and i realized after the first couple days of not scrolling first of all my attention span got

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so much better i used to have an attention span of a goldfish i couldn't even sit

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and watch a full like netflix movie but

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when i stopped scrolling my attention slowly started to come back to my life

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and i never realized how much my mindset was geared to

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wondering what everyone else was up to what everyone else was doing any quiet moment throughout the day

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i would just grab my phone open up instagram going through

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people's stories like what is everybody else up to what is everybody else doing

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but since i stopped scrolling i started asking myself like what do i want to do today

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because i have all this free time now

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that i'm not scrolling what do i want to do today

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what do i want my life to look like what am

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i interested in what do i want to build what do i enjoy creating what sounds fun to me

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and i just felt so much more grounded with myself

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and i don't know who needs to hear this but

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if you are wasting your time scrolling and scrolling

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and comparing yourself with everyone's perfect lives

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that you see on social media you need to understand

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that whatever gets your attention gets your time

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and whatever gets your time gets all your days

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and whatever gets all your days eventually becomes your whole life

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and so you really have to ask yourself who

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or what currently owns my attention and if you're noticing

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that you are not happy with where you're at in life it's

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because your attention is going to literally everybody else by scrolling

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and comparing yourself so

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if you are unhappy with where you're at in life right now it is

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because your attention is going to literally everything else but yourself.

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So here's your sign to focus on you and put your attention all back into yourself and your life.

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Scrolling was making my normal life feel boring.

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So like I said, the first few days of not scrolling, I'm not gonna lie, it felt a little weird.

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Okay, it felt a little strange.

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And I realized it's because with scrolling, you are constantly fed stimulation all the time.

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Like any boring moment, anytime I had a little bit of free time,

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I would boom, open up my phone and just get to this, you know?

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And so now that I wasn't doing

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that every day mundane things were kind of like becoming more enjoyable like for example even making my morning coffee

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and while making my morning coffee with this hand I would be scrolling with this hand

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and like the amount of times I would be multitasking

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while scrolling doing normal everyday things is insane I was doing it all the time all throughout the day

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and so after a couple days without that stimulation

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and being distracted all the time and scrolling and scrolling

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and consuming everyone else's life I had a lot more free time

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and with that free time I had more space for myself

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and during my no scrolling week

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I started going on hot girl walks with my friend just like enjoying the fall weather way more often

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I went to a bookstore bought a couple of my favorite books I also went to the library,

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which by the way is my favorite place now.

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It is literally my safe haven

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I love the library like I was truly discovering things I genuinely enjoyed outside of being on my phone

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and I started going to the library to going to the library was something I did as a kid

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and I never really did it in my adulthood now

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that i'm an adult and i had

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so much free time from not scrolling i went to the library

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and it is stunning and i just love being there

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and i've been there two to three times a week

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because i love it

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so much i was reading more i journaled hung out with my cats more

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i baked brownies cinnamon rolls i made music playlists

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i went on sunset walks with a book was reading my

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book on a bench just like enjoying my life enjoying the sunset literally

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i was like who am i even my brother he was like who is this person who are you

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because i was just so much more zen at peace

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and also just like doing things with my life

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that i genuinely enjoy and i never realized how much i thought my life was

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so boring when i was on social media and it's

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because you're seeing everyone's highlights everyone traveling everyone doing all these cool crazy things

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so then your real life actually feels boring in comparison and

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so i never realized how much i thought my life was boring

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and so then i felt like i had to scroll to stimulate myself

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when i stopped the scrolling my life became so much more enjoyable

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and not boring actually way more fun

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so i think some of us we don't have boring lives we just have very overstimulated brains from scrolling.

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Sometimes you scroll to avoid yourself.

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Okay, so this realization was not as cute, but it's true.

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I noticed I wanted to scroll more when I didn't feel good.

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So when I was anxious, boom, scrolling.

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Sad, boom, scrolling.

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Overwhelmed, boom, scrolling.

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Bored, boom, scrolling.

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Scrolling distracts your brain and gives you like this temporary relief almost from answering the questions of like,

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hey, why do I feel anxious right now why do i not feel good about myself why do i feel

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so tired what am i avoiding what do i actually need to fill my cup right

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now doom scrolling takes away from your cup but i noticed

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when my cup already isn't full that is

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when i'm tempted to scroll more it's like self -sabotage

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or something like i don't know i don't know what it is

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but it was like an escape for me

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there were times where i didn't feel good i'm gonna be honest

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there were times where i was like uh i'm bored

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or like uh i'm feeling really anxious right

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now i would literally like i said like a crackhead

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i was like itching myself like i had the itch to scroll

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but because i couldn't i had to ask myself the hard questions.

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Why do I feel drained right now?

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what would actually help?

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Do I need to go outside, go on a walk?

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Do I need to journal?

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Do I need to pray?

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Do I need to work out?

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Do I need to call somebody?

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Do I need to sit here and process what I'm feeling?

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And that's when I realized like when I was scrolling, I would shame myself and be like, you are so lazy.

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You're so unmotivated.

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And that negative self -talk made me feel worse about myself when in reality, it wasn't that I'm actually lazy or unmotivated,

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but I was so overstimulated from all the scrolling

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and these social media apps that get you addicted to scrolling

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that I couldn't be like with myself anymore time literally felt slower

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so this is like one of the craziest things

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that i realized in not scrolling time was moving so much slower

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but in a good way with social media i never realized like

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because i scrolled so much time was flying by like my week of not scrolling felt longer

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but not in a bad way it was like wow i actually did

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so much this week type of way

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and i actually heard this one thing

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it's like life happens in those in -between moments in the in -between moments like when you wake up and before work,

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those in -between moments where you're like making your morning coffee, you're brushing your teeth, you're washing your face,

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you're hanging out with your dog or your cat, like you're driving to school or work, you're waiting for your bus, like the in -between moments,

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those mundane, boring in -between moments is actually where life happens

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because you're able to be present and actually process what's happening in your life.

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And so I realized when I stopped filling every single empty moment in my days with doing this, I realized I had more time

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and energy to do other things I wanted to do like reading my book going to the library

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and I had more time and clarity to like think

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and just like enjoy my life

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and yes of course not scrolling gave me those hours I was wasting every day back to me

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but also I was not trying to pass those in between moments of feeling bored

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and wanting stimulation by scrolling I was just enjoying the time

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that I had and so my weeks felt slower

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but in a good way like they were more enjoyable

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and here's the thing i realized i actually don't think

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that this is the enemy first of all we live in 2026 okay we need to accept the fact

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that this is part of today's day and age also like it's not

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that i hate my phone i love my phone

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i take photos videos on it i journal on it i talk to my friends

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and my family every day my calendar my schedule is on

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this thing like i this is like part of my life

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and this is probably one of the biggest realizations for me after the week of no scrolling

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it really was this damn phone okay the solution is not to just like throw your whole phone away

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or lock it in a box and go live in the woods and become like a caveman.

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I still want to be able to use my phone, but not use it in a way that every single time I pick it up,

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I'm like tempted to scroll and just be distracted, overstimulated and comparing myself with everyone else's perfect lives.

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And so during my no scrolling challenge, Cove has literally become my little safe space on my phone for just that.

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It is basically my life diary.

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There's no endless feed of random people, no annoying ads, no algorithm trying to get me addicted.

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It's literally just my life

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so those of you who don't already know about cove think of her as like your all -in -one bestie

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it's your journal to bring up your thoughts a place where you can upload photos

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and videos from your day you can create coves for different parts of your life

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that you want to focus on like for example i have a journaling cove where i journal in it

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and just like brain dump everything

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that i'm feeling literally just like rant to myself every day

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i have a cat's cove where i save all my photos

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and videos of my cats i literally take a million pictures

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and videos of them every day i showed this before

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but i have my outfits inspo one where i'm trying to elevate my style

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so i save a bunch of my outfit inspiration pictures

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i have a workouts one a runs one where i track my runs

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because i'm trying to be in my running era

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and a romanticized life one where i just like romanticize little moments of my day like look how cute

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this is me at the library doing work on my hot girl walks doing work at night having

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this romanticized life cove has helped me romanticize random moments for my day

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but without having to post it on social media

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and like i just love this one

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i think my favorite one has to be my romanticized life cove

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it really helps me romanticized like little random moments for my

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day cove is literally where you can curate your entire life instead of consuming everyone else's

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i kind of want to give you guys a cove tour

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so you know how you can use it during your no scrolling challenge

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so here's the home page

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and these are just my uploads of the day i journaled

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i did my bible study like i usually do a picture of my cats of course

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and then when you scroll down there are different cove ideas

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so for example this chapter of my life wish list time to myself focusing on me there's

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so many different coves that you can create

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so for example let's do the focusing on me cove

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i'm gonna show you exactly how to curate your own cove

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and we're gonna do it together

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so this one is the focusing on me you can add your own photo to it

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or you can go on pinterest find some inspo

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i love the vibe of this one this is like very focus on you era

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and there's also a feature to add your friends

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and i highly recommend this

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if you're trying to lock in focus on yourself not scroll i'm telling you having an accountability buddy is

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so helpful i'm gonna add my bestie ashley and so

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if i send her this she's be able to see it too

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so it's so cool because you

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and your accountability buddy can be posting in this together

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so let's start adding some photos this is actually my bible study for the day

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i also did work earlier okay

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so we're gonna add our first photos here on focusing on me

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you can upload photos journal in it even save links

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and voila here we go the focusing on me cove

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and here is like your safe space to upload whatever you want this is how you're gonna stay on track

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and actually be focused on yourself and so during your no scrolling challenge journal on code for five minutes.

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Brain dump your thoughts.

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Upload your photos and videos for the day.

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Save a little memory you don't want to forget or you want to romanticize.

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Update your workout cove at the book that you're reading.

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And so I have all these little moments from the past two weeks of no scrolling

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that I've been doing where I get to just save my life, curate my little life and be present for it, focus on myself.

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And I literally love it.

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And I think that's the whole point.

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You're not trying to be a perfect nun and just like be someone that never touches their phone ever.

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Like be so for real.

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We cannot do that in today's day and age.

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But instead of just opening up your phone

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and like a reflex just starting to scroll and just letting hours pass you by, you open Cope and you're able to be like,

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what am I doing with my day?

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What happened today?

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What am I proud of?

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What am I building?

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What do I actually want to remember for myself?

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And so during this no scrolling challenge, use Cove as your replacement habit.

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Every time you get that urge to scroll, redirect that energy back to yourself.

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Because now I can look back on my past two weeks of no scrolling and see my journal entries, my Bible studies, my workouts,

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my hot girl walks, my coffee dates,

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random wins, like all these little moments from my life so that it actually helps you pay attention to your own life.

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And because I did this, like I literally feel like a completely different person and I'm just so much more happier and I feel lighter.

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I feel better about myself.

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I feel like I'm actually living my life.

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And that's what I really want with my relationship with my phone moving forward.

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Not never using my phone or cutting off internet access and living in the woods.

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Just using it in a way that brings attention back to my life and helps me focus on myself.

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Decide what counts as scrolling.

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So let me tell you, you're going to need rules before you start.

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So for me, I'm going to let myself text, call people, answer emails, listen to music, search things that I want to search,

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use my camera, watch something, but intentionally.

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So my rule was no infinite consumption of just scrolling

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and like i mean i post on instagram for work

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so like there were times where i had to post even during my no scrolling challenge

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i was still doing what i had to do but

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when i tell you i posted i would hit upload

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and i would leave the app completely i wouldn't scroll

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i wouldn't look at people's stories i left the app immediately

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and the rules can be different for you for me i know myself

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when i'm on instagram when i'm tempted to look at people's stories that's

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when i immediately just like i could spend hours watching people's stories scrolling

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and scrolling every single reel and so i told myself

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if i'm on instagram it's only because i post and

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if i want to post I could post but then after

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that I'm leaving the app I'm not scrolling on it

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so figure out what apps for you maybe it's Instagram YouTube TikTok figure out the apps

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that you use the most define them

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and create rules for yourself make scrolling inconvenient let me tell you during my no scrolling challenge

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there has been times where I was literally like fighting with myself

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because I wanted to scroll so bad

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so what I did was I moved all my apps away from my home page

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so I moved TikTok Instagram YouTube away from my home page

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and if it helps you could log out of your apps

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so that you can't even open it and

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if you open it you will have to log in

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so log out of the apps move them from your home

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page put them in a folder put them in hiding set app limits i have 15 minutes on instagram

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and tiktok also what really helped was charging my phone away from my bed like literally across the room

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i charge it over here my bed's all the way over there

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so if i want to scroll i have to literally walk all the way over here

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and chances are i'm too lazy to do that

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so i haven't been scrolling but basically you have to set your environment up for success

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so that you aren't fighting off your temptations every single dang day.

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Do not begin your morning with someone else's life.

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I heard this one quote.

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It's like, when you wake up, you don't allow a hundred people into your room as soon as you wake up.

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So why, when you wake up, are you opening up your phone and allowing thousands of people into your morning as soon as you wake up?

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Haven't even brushed your teeth yet.

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So this is probably one of the most important changes.

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And it's when you wake up, do not let yourself consume.

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Give yourself your time first.

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Make coffee, make a matcha, journal for five minutes, pray, stretch, go work out, go outside, literally stare at the wall if you have to,

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but just do not scroll.

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You need to start your day being connected with yourself

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because you should know how you feel before knowing what everyone else is up to.

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Make an instead of scrolling list.

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This one is huge because I'm telling you when you stop scrolling,

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you're going to realize all of a sudden you're one of the most free women on the planet.

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That's what I realized.

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When I stopped scrolling, I was like, wait, I actually have so much free time.

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I am the most free woman in America.

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So have a list of what to do when you feel bored from not scrolling.

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So for example, mine were reading, walking, journaling, going to the library, going to bookstores, baking, making music playlists.

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Girl, I even bought a sticker book.

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Yes.

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I bought a sticker book.

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When I brought that home, my brother literally saw it and was like, oh, is that for Gia?

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Gia is my four -year -old niece.

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Okay.

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I bought a kid's sticker book because I was like, I'm going to make sure that I do not scroll.

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I want other things to do.

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I bought that and I loved it.

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I had so much fun doing it.

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I also have a coloring book and I bought crayons.

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Yes, I'm like reverting to a child again and it's been the best thing

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Like it's actually been so much fun having like little arts and crafts to do

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So yeah, like sticker books coloring books posting on cove cleaning something hanging out with my cats playing with my cats

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And the activity really doesn't have to be productive.

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You don't have to be productive.

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This is what I realized

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Okay, I know I pride myself on being productive.

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Look, I was not productive

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There were times where I didn't want to be productive and that's okay

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Using my sticker book is probably not the most productive thing I could be doing in the world

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But that's not the point I don't need to optimize

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and be productive every single second of the day i can just enjoy doing my little arts

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and crafts because i enjoy it document one thing every day on cove

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so here's the part that i really want you to do

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and every day

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that you're doing this no scrolling challenge for one week at the end of the day

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i want you to save at least one thing your day

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it could be a photo a journal entry a thought a workout a memory a win a prayer literally anything

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and at the end of the seven days i want you to open up your cove

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and see what you did the last seven days instead of scrolling

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and i'm telling you you will see a huge difference

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you will actually be able to see what you did with your time instead of scrolling

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and also you're gonna realize how much better you feel

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so yes all this to say unfortunately it really is this damn phone okay

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but it doesn't mean you need to get rid of your phone completely

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You just need to change your relationship with it

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and that's what i'm working on and I know if I can do it

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You can do it too.

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I'm telling you after seven days.

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I did no scrolling now I'm at 14 days

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because it helped me so much where I Genuinely feel

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so good doing it where I don't want to go back and i'm enjoying having more free time feeling better about myself

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Not feeling behind in life because i'm constantly watching other people's perfect moments.

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I am posting on cove I'm living my life

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and romanticizing my life and being present for it

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and focused on myself guys let me tell you the transformation it's only been 14 days

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but it is insane the amount of motivation and discipline

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that i have now from not scrolling it has completely changed my life

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and my mindset so i know that if i can do it i promise

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that you can too

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if you're a real one to watch the end comment down below this emoji

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and if you are joining the seven day of no scrolling challenge let me know in the comments below

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so we can all hype each other up

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because we are in this together i'm still doing

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it with you guys make sure you follow your girl on instagram

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and tiktok i post almost daily on there i love you guys

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so so much and i hope to catch you in my next video bye

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Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “how to get off your damn phone and get your life back”. Deze video bevat 455 zinnen en 5421 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 21:27. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 253 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 83% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
scroll zelfstandig naamwoord	/skɹoʊl/	boekrol, schriftrol
cove zelfstandig naamwoord	/koʊv/	inham
bore werkwoord	/boɹ/	vervelen
productive bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/	productief
workout zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/	training, oefening
upload werkwoord	/ˈʌpˌloʊd/	uploaden
boom werkwoord	/bum/	dreunen, donderen
sticker zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈstɪkə/	klever
consume werkwoord	/kənˈsum/	consumeren, verbruiken
compare werkwoord	/kəmˈpɛɚ/	vergelijken
inspiration zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/	inademing, inademen
spin werkwoord	/spɪn/	draaien
lazy bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/	lui, werkschuw
discipline zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈdɪsəplɪn/	discipline, (zelf)beheersing
outfit zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈaʊtfɪt/	outfit

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
wake up werkwoord	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	wakker worden, ontwaken
work out werkwoord	/ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/	uitrekenen
figure out werkwoord		uitvogelen, er achter komen
bring up werkwoord		opvoeden
come back werkwoord		terugkomen
dry up werkwoord		opdrogen
end up werkwoord		belanden, terechtkomen
get up werkwoord		opstaan

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Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

Why do I feel drained right now?
Do I need to journal?
Do I need to pray?
Do I need to work out?
Do I need to call somebody?

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

Structuur	In de video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig is	I've been doing · haven't been scrolling
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt	i've started · i've been · has literally become
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet	was cooked · were spent · being pulled
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding	someone who had · person who are

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 153 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, you're, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De “th”-klanken: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, withdrawal /wɪðˈdɹɔ(ə)l/, algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/
De klanken “sh” en “zh”: inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, stimulation /stɪm.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/, brush /bɹʌʃ/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, stimulation /stɪm.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/, accountability /əˌkaʊn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: cove /koʊv/, productive /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/, upload /ˈʌpˌloʊd/, ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/, pretend /pɹəˈtɛnd/
/æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, distract /dɪˈstɹækt/, addict /ˈæd.ɪkt/, calendar /ˈkæl.ən.də/, craft /ˈkɹæft/
/g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: gear /ɡɪɚ/, algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/, goldfish /ˈɡoʊldfɪʃ/

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Belangrijke woorden in deze video

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Grammatica in deze video

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