🐧 EVERYDAY LIFE⚡ 22 SEC
We open our phones to escape a tiny bit of discomfort 📱
Not Pulled In
When our phones distract us, it seems they are not pulling us in.
Running Away
We are happily running away by ourselves from the small discomfort of hard or boring things.
⚡ TRY IT
Finish 1 page without the phone
Tap to study. Hard parts will come…
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✏️ Tap "Keep going" to study.
😣 This part is a little hard… and the phone is calling you!
👀 "Ah, this is a little hard." You noticed it. Keep going!
🫠 Oops! 1 hour melted on social media. And the hard part is still here.
👀 Noticed 0🫠 Hours melted 0
🏆 Page done, and 0 hours melted!
✅ Page done! (Burkeman melts hours too. 😄)
Burkeman Too
Burkeman writes that when he gets a little tired, he jumps into social media and melts 1 hour.
The Sign
So when you want to open your phone, it is a sign: "This is a little hard now."
📚 I learned this from Oliver Burkeman's newsletter. Read the original (English)
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