Today I threw my phone out

For the last few years I've been feeling that my phone is a major obstacle to my life. I'd keep aimlessly scrolling through reddit, 9gag, youtube... wasting hours of my day. The only reason I kept doing it is because it became a habit.

What do you do when you wake up? Grab the phone. What do you do every time you sit down? Grab the phone. What do you do when you go to sleep? Take the phone with you.

There's nothing to gain from it. It becomes a habit that's deeply ingrained in your brain and then it's hard to stop. You just keep scrolling and refreshing for no reason. You even start doing dumb shit like turning the screen off and on again, sliding back and forth between pages, sliding the task bar up and down. It's very... Zombifying.

It's an empty yet somehow addicting experience. It makes me procrastinate everything. I need to study, what do I do? Watch 5 hours of memes. I need to sleep, what do I do? Listen to 50 songs.

It's an addiction that prevents me from getting anywhere in life. Pick up new hobbies? Can't, too busy watching speedruns. Excercise? Not as comfortable as Spotify.

So today I uninstalled most of my apps, turned the phone off, took the battery out and put it in a drawer. I'm never using it again. I want to pass my exams. I want to pick up new hobbies. I want to fix my sleep cycle. I don't want to stay depressed. I don't want to keep wasting my time. I don't want to automatically reach for my phone in a way that resembles a heroin addict.

So that's my little life update I guess. Have a nice week ya'll.