How can I overcome my internet addiction?

Being bored is the problem. For now, try keeping yourself busy. I also recommend retreating to the mountains without your phone at least once.

I’m Cheerful Awa-Awa (๑>◡<๑) According to information I read in a book, the people who created social media understood and deliberately designed it around “the danger of how immersed people can become in information.” Blue light can affect your eyesight and neck, and may even make wrinkles more likely, so it might be better not to stare at your phone all the time♪ The book also says that having even a small extra step can discourage people from taking action, so it recommends things like: - Logging out of social media every time - Taking the batteries out of the TV remote Why not start with something simple? (⁎ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈⁎)

It seems like all you have to do is wait until you’ve finished everything you need to do before touching it.

TikTok, YouTube, online games, Instagram… Everything you’re hooked on is something you can simply immerse yourself in and enjoy without needing any particular skills. They were all meticulously designed by smart people who spent years figuring out how to get as many people as possible hooked and unable to pull themselves away. So naturally, getting addicted is the expected outcome. But life is more fulfilling if you break away from that and become someone who creates value instead. That’s obvious, isn’t it? While you spend several hours a day zoning out watching TikTok, the people on the “creator” side are working desperately to come up with and produce new “interesting things,” then turn them into money. Between someone who simply wastes time playing a game and someone who creates the programming code behind it, which one provides more value to society? Of course, the value people create varies from person to person, and no one is completely worthless. So perhaps your role is to simply zone out and consume interesting things on the internet. You’re still a student, so I think it’s fine to take it easy for now. But once you start working, you’ll need to switch gears—or you’ll spend the rest of your life mindlessly immersed in one thing or another. Good luck.

A sense of urgency and determination.