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How I Stopped Doomscrolling & Reclaimed My Life · The Spirit Nomad: Spiritual Awakening + Life Purpose

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  Do you ever go on your phone for just a second to check something
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  and then two hours later you realized, shit, I've been on my
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  phone this entire time? Your phone and social media can
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  be so addicting and I felt that so much recently to the point
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  where I've been attracted to more of offline living.
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  So I deleted all my social media apps on my phone and started
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  doing some offline hobbies. And I don't miss my phone now.
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  Like I still have it but I don't use it for doom scrolling
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  anymore and I don't seem to be the only one.
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  People are getting so tired of doom scrolling.
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  It's like we've all had enough of bad news, comparison,
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  overstimulation, and feeling like our life is happening
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  through a screen. When I stopped scrolling, I was
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  hoping that it would make me more productive, but I even more
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  than that, I got peace. My mind got quieter, that
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  constant background noise just faded.
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  I started feeling more present, like I was actually in my life
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  again. Small things felt good again,
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  like walking, eating, conversations.
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  And I felt more fulfilled, not because I was doing more, but
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  because I was actually experiencing what I was doing.
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  But here's the truth that most people get wrong.
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  You can't just throw your phone in the bin.
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  We need our phone for so many things nowadays.
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  And you would get so bored that you probably just come back and
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  then start all over again. You have to replace it with
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  something that feels just as good.
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  And that is what I've figured out.
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  So I've written down some things that I've been replacing doom
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  scrolling with. So the first thing is that I
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  read physical books now. So currently I'm reading Women
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  Living Deliciously and I love this book so much.
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  Not just for the content, but you see it's so colorful as
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  well. And I really miss holding a real
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  book. For years I was just having my
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  Kindle and again, it's a screen and I found it's awkward to you.
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  I have to charge it and it just feels so good holding a physical
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  book. So that's the first thing.
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  Another great replacement for doom scrolling that is good,
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  especially if you're just getting off social media and you
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  still want a little bit of dopamine, is to start playing
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  cozy games. This is such a mindful digital
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  hobby. I've started doing it the last
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  few months. I have Wildeflowers where you're
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  a witch and you grow your plants and you talk to the locals and
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  it's the storyline you you can get married.
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  It's just a beautiful game and you have this relaxing music in
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  the background. You go fishing.
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  It's just so relaxing and I have not missed going on social media
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  since doing this. Another good one is Hello Kitty
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  Island Adventure. And on my iPhone I have if you
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  like Sudoku, it's called Stitch. So it's Sudoku with relaxing
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  music but in like this knitting format.
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  So it looks like a knitted pattern when you're done and
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  afterwards you don't feel this like your brain is fried
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  afterwards, you actually go out and feel relaxed.
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  So I found this a great way to detach from work and OK, I'm
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  ready now to start my evening. I've also started to go to real
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  life experiences. For example, on Saturday I took
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  the train to London and I went to a sound healing in this
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  beautiful spa in London called Sea Containers.
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  So she had the crystal singing balls and the sound healing
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  instruments and I just drifted off.
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  It was lovely. And then me and my friend, we
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  went to this Egyptian Pharaoh exhibition that is temporarily
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  in London. And it was just so fascinating
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  to see all these mummies and learn about this history.
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  And then we sat outdoors at a Taco restaurant and had the best
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  Mexican food. I love Mexican food so much,
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  simple things, but I felt so alive.
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  And it's moments like that that I will remember not scrolling a
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  random shorts. Another good thing you can do is
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  pick up an instrument. So for me, I've started a little
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  bit piano, but my favorite instrument, it is actually just
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  using my voice singing. So it's something I've always
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  loved doing, but I've dived more deeper into that now, like
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  learning how to actually improve my voice and singing my favorite
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  songs. I've also bought a painting kit
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  I want to try to paint. This is a new hobby for me.
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  We'll see how it goes. But yeah, I'm feeling so alive
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  and I'm actually addicted to this new life.
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  Another little shift you can do when it comes to workouts.
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  So I used to be working out at home with my laptop screen and I
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  was looking at this workout video.
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  What I've started doing is actually joining a gym, or you
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  could join a spa, or you could join a spa with a gym and then
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  go to physical classes or go swimming.
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  And that way it becomes a tech detox.
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  And this relaxing experience and exercise went from something I
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  had to do to something I wanted to do.
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  And this is when it hits me. My phone wasn't the problem, it
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  was just the easiest option. Once I made my real life more
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  enjoyable, scrolling naturally became less interesting.
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  So if you feel stuck in the scroll, don't try to force
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  discipline. Just ask yourself what would
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  feel genuinely fun in real life and start there.
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  Because the goal isn't to use your phone less, it's to enjoy
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  your life more. And as a byproduct, you will use
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  your phone less. And at some point, you might be
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  where I am, completely addicted to my life without my phone.
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  And let's inspire each other by putting down your favorite
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  offline activity, your offline hobby that you just love in the
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  comments below so we can all find some new offline hobbies.
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  Love you so much and see you in the next video.