You pick up your phone to check the weather. Forty minutes later, you have watched a husky talk, a man restore a rusty wrench, and a geopolitical analysis of a conflict you can't locate on a map. You put the phone down. You feel worse than when you picked it up. You pick it up again.
If you’re going to watch a show or play a game, commit to it for a set time. No switching. No second-screen browsing. Put your phone in another room. Watch one episode fully, without touching your phone. Play one game for 20 minutes, then stop. boredom.v2