About the Author
Former Journalist
Lily Parker
Hi, I’m Lily Parker from the Planet Life editorial team. As a former journalist, I’ve honed my research skills, and I’m passionate about exploring global cultures. I write about unique traditions and fascinating customs from around the world. My goal is to spark your curiosity and show you a different side of the planet.
Just a few minutes of scrolling can trigger a chain reaction leading to decreased concentration, sleep debt, strained relationships, and increased accident risk.
This article tells that harsh story. Its purpose isn’t to scare you, but to embed the mechanisms that can actually happen (reinforcement of dopamine circuits, attention fragmentation from notifications, blue light arousal, operating devices while driving) into the narrative, so you can gain “concrete steps to break the habit.”
The first small overconfidence
San Jose, California. Ethan Clark, an engineer, had made it a daily ritual to grab his smartphone as an alarm replacement and binge on news, stock prices, and DMs before even getting out of bed. What was meant to be five minutes stretched to twenty, twenty to forty. Breakfast shrunk to a protein bar, commutes turned into jogs. Though no one scolded him for being late, his brain was saturated with information before it even woke up. “I’m in control,” he believed. The first thing lost was that unfounded confidence.
— Tips : Separate your alarm from your phone. Charge your phone outside the bedroom and establish a fixed “wake-up buffer” of 15 minutes without touching it after waking.
