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Is Scrolling Making Writing Less Enjoyable?

Have you ever sat down to write, stared at your document for approximately 30 seconds, and then immediately reached for your phone? Yeah, me too.

In this solo episode of No Mess, No Magic, we're talking about something I've been thinking about a LOT lately: Is our relationship with short-form content making it harder to actually enjoy writing?

There's an informal term for this called digital anhedonia, and while it's not a clinical diagnosis, it raises an interesting question: When our brains get used to the endless novelty and instant gratification of scrolling, what happens when we sit down…

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