#screenzen

It allows you to set up apps that are blocked and instead of just tapping to get around the block, it makes you wait however long you set for it so you actually have to really want to open the app and wait idk 20 seconds for it

Trying to kick my phone addiction and so I've been using this app ScreenZen (HIGHLY RECOMMEND) and they have one setting where once you set everything up, you can lock the app with a passcode (so you can't change any of the app blocking settings or disabling the blockers, stuff like that).

I made my partner set it up and not tell me the passcode (bc I've been disabling the app blockers waaayyy too much recently) and I know that was the right choice because I was immediately anxious about not being able to get on social media at that moment

Basically (as I understand it) they found that a bunch of studies showed a correlation between consuming shorts (like on Tiktok etc) and poor cognitive function, attention, and inhibition.

I'm not a scientist and don't interact with studies like this much so it's not easy for me to pick out any flaws/gaps/misinterpretations of these kind of works, but this feels pretty categorical and not particularly surprising?

I am a teacher, so luckily work helps me avoid overdoing it, but I notice when I am on school breaks or even at times where I have more downtime after work, I get into this pattern of social media burnout. Whether it's big issues like Palestine, or even smaller local issues and fandom arguments, burnout starts to hit really hard.