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Hi, I'm Valerie and I spend an embarrassing amount of time on my phone.

I have a feeling if you're watching this,

you are probably also completely and incredibly self-aware that you have a screen time problem too.

But it's okay.

We are certainly not alone.

The average American spends about five hours a day on their phone every single day,

which is 35 hours a week.

Absolutely crazy.

I am basically working a full-time job for my phone and it's not even paying me.

Guys.

After this humbling realization

that i'm on my phone for 35 hours a week I decided to do something about it

So i'm gonna make a list because in the moment

when i'm bored or tired

or just on autopilot My brain just goes completely blank I

genuinely can't think of what to do besides reach for this

We're going to intentionally write down what we can do instead

of being on our phone I wrote down five things on

my list since five felt doable I chose things I actually enjoy

that I somehow keep forgetting that I enjoy First is coloring.

I used to draw so much when I was younger However,

I literally haven't picked up a pencil in like eight years Honestly,

what actually got me back into it is a little silly I got really into smiskies,

which sounds random They're so cute

and I want all of them The problem is they're not cheap

and I cannot justify spending that much on these tiny little guys

So I decided to just draw one and color it in myself It kind of scratched the same exact itch,

but I made it and then I made another one Second cook a full proper meal

because my current situation is Instant ramen

or what I can only describe as a girl dinner of a few chicken nuggets and gummies,

which is acceptable, but probably not the most sustainable or healthy.

I was inspired to make Gildan the other day from scratch,

and it was so freaking good.

I ended up making it another three times afterwards.

Third, journaling.

It has genuinely helped me a lot throughout my life,

and I just kind of dropped it.

I just want to reach for it before I reach for my phone,

even if it's just once a day.

Fourth, go on a walk outside with fresh air,

maybe even no headphones, and I live really close to the beach,

which is such a privilege,

and I am not using it because I barely go,

and that feels like something I should fix.

Fifth is explore a new neighborhood,

and even though I'm excited to just check out a local cafe,

browse cute shops, walk around with no agenda really,

it scares me a little.

Just showing up somewhere I don't know with no real plan,

but I think that's kind of the point.

All things I somehow completely forget I love the second I'm on my couch with my phone in my hand.

Guys, it's 11 p.m and it is one of those times where I really want to go on my phone

Except we're not gonna do that instead.

We're gonna consult the list However,

this list Is not giving me very much Dopamine which means only one thing

We're gonna make a dopamine menu and we're gonna make it cute

and wonderful to look at because otherwise I'm not gonna look at it,

let alone use it So we're going to design this all out on canva

and I know it's ironic

that i'm using screens I'm literally using two screens on my monitor to make this

but down the line I'm hoping

that this will help with being on my phone less 11 p.m Is kind of this danger zone

when I disappear into my phone for two hours fall asleep

And then before i've even fully opened my eyes the next

morning i'm back on it again for most americans Their phone is the last thing they see at night

and the first thing they see in the morning

So i'm creating this do with me menu because

when I have the urge to scroll i'll whip this out instead A dopamine menu was this term

that I noticed floating around since last year.

It's basically a personalized list of activities that you can do in the moment instead of scrolling on your phone.

When I looked at my little list,

I realized five things is a start,

but it isn't quite enough because some days I have lots of energy and some days I have absolutely none,

so the list needed levels.

Instead of scrolling, I opened my laptop and started designing my dopamine menu with a cafe theme.

Sips for when you have 5 to 15 minutes,

full spread for when you have more than 45 minutes,

when you actually have time and energy to invest in yourself.

Pastries because not everything in life is fun Sometimes you have to do things you don't really want to do

But you can make them nicer A cute drink,

a candle, changing your scenery They're all the things

that make the necessary stuff a little more enjoyable Desserts are

your intentional treats Watching a movie you've been saving an actual dessert The difference between dessert and scrolling is intention And specials,

these are the big ones The irregular ones like a concert,

a beach day, exploring somewhere new Things that don't happen every week

but that you actually want to show up for There's something for every mood,

every energy level every version of me

that reaches for her phone out of habit

and every time i want to scroll this is what i'm reaching for instead the real problem isn't just

that we're on our phones a lot it's that scrolling has replaced

so many other things like going outside doodling

and drawing for fun exploring different hobbies just hanging out with

friends sitting with their own thoughts crazy i know without immediately

reaching for something to distract us from said thoughts it became just

so much easier to reach for our phones every time you scroll your brain gets a little hit of dopamine instantly,

and these apps are literally designed to keep you on them for as long as possible.

And when you finally get home after a full day of being on,

being productive, being a functioning human being,

sometimes the only thing your brain feels like it has the capacity for is literally nothing.

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Just laying there and not thinking.

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It may look lazy from the outside,

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but that's your nervous system seeking rest.

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And the problem is scrolling isn't actually true rest it just

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feels like it in the moment scrolling keeps your brain in this sort of low-grade state of stimulation

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so your stress response stays slightly elevated which means you're not actually recovering

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but just idling real rest the kind

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that actually fills you up tends to involve doing something light

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and creative something

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that puts you back in your body like a walk making something with your hands stuff

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that sounds more tiring than scrolling but leaves you feeling more refreshed

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and like yourself afterward so it's not just about using our phones less it's about replacing

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that time with things that actually mean something to us

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because our time is kind of everything what do you think y'all? it took me quite some time

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and effort but i appreciate looking at this

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so i think it was worth all the time invested into

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it even though i'm afraid i won't ever look at it again

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but the process of making this was very enjoyable for me this brings me

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so much dopamine i was gonna say bring you so much joy

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but then it's a dopamine cafe menu so I finished my dopamine menu.

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It took so freaking long This took me an absurd amount of time,

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but I am very happy with how it turned out

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Despite it probably taking me six to eight hours I don't know why I didn't just decide to print it.

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Let me just walk you through it.

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Shall I?

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Yes, okay, so there's a lot on here

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and that's exactly the beauty of the dopamine cafe

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because you can use your free will to choose whatever option at any given moment.

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Sips, I've been making my own drinks at home.

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Matcha with an Earl Grey syrup that is homemade and with a cold foam on top.

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Does it taste exactly like the cafe version?

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Not quite, but it's getting there.

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Honestly, the ritual of making it is so satisfying.

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Full spread, one of them is sitting down for a proper reading sesh.

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This has honestly become one of my favorite ways to spend time off my foam.

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There's something about getting completely lost in a good story for an hour that no amount of scrolling has ever given me.

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My Kindle has been getting the screen time in desserts.

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Pastries, like an accountability buddy or body doubling.

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Body doubling?

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Body doubling?

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Body doubling.

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Oh my.

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Basically doing work alongside friends in a different environment.

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We went to a cafe,

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got our drinks, got stuff done.

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It didn't feel like work.

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It felt like a chill hangout on a Friday afternoon.

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Desserts, I baked matcha muffins.

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For myself and for some friends on a Saturday morning with nowhere to be.

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And it was just cozy.

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The kind of cozy that actually fills you up

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because you get to make something and enjoy eating what you make End specials,

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going to the beach, which I live embarrassingly close to

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And I keep saying I will go and I'm really trying to We played spike ball,

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dipped our toes in the water,

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watched the sunset And I just kept thinking this was always here

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and it is absolutely amazing being here But I just kept choosing to stay inside on my phone instead Okay,

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so I'm currently editing the video And y'all are probably wondering

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if creating this dopamine cafe has affected my screen time at all and I am pleased to report it has helped.

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The week I made it,

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my screen time was about 4 hours and 24 minutes and this week,

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about 3 weeks later, it is 2 hours and 46 minutes which is a 37% decrease.

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I'd say it's fabulous and it was around like 15% less every week until this week.

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Granted, this week is not over yet

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so there's still one more day of the week

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but I'd also like to mention that my second most used app is Google Maps

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So basically I wasn't actively using my phone.

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I just happened to have it open when I was driving.

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Looking back, I didn't feel like I was in the right headspace mentally

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and it was almost directly correlated with how much screen time I had on my phone.

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And now I do feel significantly better just being able to

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rediscover what I enjoy doing with my free time instead of just being on my phone.

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I wouldn't say that the dogmi menu completely changed my life,

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But it's this tool that has really helped me be more intentional with my time So if it is 11 p.m.

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At night

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and you happen to be watching this video on your phone

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I think this might be a sign to try it out

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and make a dopamine menu

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or dopamine cafe of your own Make it personalized make it yours and just have fun with it

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Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “This Is How I Reduced My Screen Time”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: dopamine, scrolling, cafe, menu, hour. Deze video bevat 178 zinnen en 1936 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 8:50. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 219 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 82% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
dopamine zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈdoʊ.pəˌmin/	dopamine
scroll zelfstandig naamwoord	/skɹoʊl/	boekrol, schriftrol
café zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˌkæˈfeɪ/	café, koffiehuis
dessert zelfstandig naamwoord	/dɪˈzɝt/	dessert, nagerecht
cosy bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈkoʊzi/	gezellig, gezellige
pastry zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈpeɪstɹi/	gebak, banket
sip werkwoord	/sɪp/	nippen
intentional bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/	opzettelijk
foam zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈfɔʊ̯m/	schuim
scratch werkwoord	/skɹæt͡ʃ/	krassen, krabben
autopilot zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈɔtoʊˌpaɪlət/	automatische piloot
correlate werkwoord	/ˈkɔɹəleɪt/	correleren, in wederkerige betrekking staan
embarrass werkwoord	/ɪmˈbæɹəs/	verlegen maken, in verlegenheid brengen
muffin zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈmʌf.ɪn/	muffin
rediscover werkwoord		herontdekken

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Betekenis
write down werkwoord	opschrijven, neerschrijven
check out werkwoord	onderzoeken
end up werkwoord	belanden, terechtkomen
look back werkwoord	achterom kijken, terugkijken
pick up werkwoord	oppakken, optillen
show up werkwoord	tentoonstellen
turn out werkwoord	uitvallen, resulteren

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	you've been saving · I've been making · has been getting
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt	haven't picked · has genuinely helped · i've even fully opened
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding	Dopamine which means · elevated which means · minutes which is
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet	was inspired · are literally designed

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 56 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, gonna, we're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De klanken “sh” en “zh”: intentional /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/, refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/, stimulation /stɪm.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, intentionally /ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃənəli/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: personalize /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.laɪz/, intentional /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, autopilot /ˈɔtoʊˌpaɪlət/, embarrassingly /əmˈbɛɹəsɪŋli/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: personalize /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.laɪz/, browse /bɹaʊz/, headphones /ˈhɛdfoʊnz/, absurd /əbˈsɜːd/, urge /ɜːd͡ʒ/
/æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: café /ˌkæˈfeɪ/, scratch /skɹæt͡ʃ/, embarrass /ɪmˈbæɹəs/, distract /dɪˈstɹækt/, candle /ˈkæn.dəl/

Zo oefen je met deze video

Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als dopamine, scroll, café.

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