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📱 My Screentime Report – The Brutal Truth I Keep Ignoring | Day 23

 

📱 My Screentime Report – The Brutal Truth I Keep Ignoring

Every Sunday, like clockwork, I get that one notification I dread the most — the “Your screen time this week was…” report.

And every single time — without fail — I get hit with numbers like 5 hours, 6 hours, sometimes even 7 hours a day. Per day. That’s basically a full-time job… but instead of getting paid, I lose brain cells.

At this point, I’ve accepted I’m in an endless loop:
I see the screen time report → I panic → I swear I’ll change → I start scrolling again
Certified cycle. Someone break it.

But lately, I’ve been wondering — where is all this time even going?
Because it’s not like I’m building a startup or editing Oscar-winning films on my phone. I’m just… vibing. Wasting. Doom scrolling.

So I decided to check which apps are the actual culprits.

📊 App Breakdown – Where My Time Really Goes

🥇 #1 – YouTube
This one's an undisputed champion. Especially because of Shorts and binge-watching random videos while I eat.
(Not flexing — just exposing myself.).

🥈 #2 – Instagram
This app is fighting hard for the top spot every week. Reels, memes, exploring “aesthetic productivity setups” I’ll never actually use — Insta knows how to keep you hooked.

🥉 #3 – Netflix
This is my comfort zone:
Watching Peralta solve cases in Brooklyn 99, Ross talk about dinosaurs in Friends, or Harvey Specter manipulate a courtroom with just one sentence.
And don’t get me started on The Professor and his “perfect” heist plans.

🌀 Honourable Mentions:
WhatsApp (mostly dead groups), Google Photos (looking at the same 5 pics on loop), and Chess.com (pretending I’m the next Magnus Carlsen when in reality I resign after 6 moves).

No wonder my focus and attention span are completely cooked.

🚨 The Wake-Up Call

It hit me recently — I’m a JEE aspirant. Time is literally money right now.
And I can’t afford to waste 5-7 hours daily feeding algorithms while my syllabus roasts me from a distance.

So here’s how I’m trying to fix it (and maybe you can too):

🧠 My Plan to Break the Screen Loop

1. Delete Time-Sucking Apps

If the temptation isn’t there, I won’t give in. Simple.
No YouTube Shorts, no Reels black hole. I’ll uninstall it — at least temporarily.

2. Replace With Real-World Dopamine

Ever studied for an hour and completed all your homework?
That actual dopamine hit is 10x better than any reel or viral video. It stays longer. It makes you proud, not guilty.

I realized I wasn’t addicted to my phone — I was addicted to easy dopamine. But that high is fake. It fades.
Real satisfaction comes when you earn it.

3. Lock My Apps (Even If My Mom Has to Do It)

Let’s be real. If nothing else works, just hand over your phone to your parents and say, “Please lock this app.”
They’ll be so happy they might cry.

💡 Final Thoughts

I’m not saying “quit phones forever.” That’s unrealistic and boring.
Our phones help us connect, laugh, learn, and even create. But letting them consume hours of our day without value? That’s a straight loss.

Time is ticking. It’s already mid-May.
You start today — in a month, you’ll thank yourself. Not just for using your phone less, but for choosing yourself more.

Delete the app. Read a book. Take a walk. Solve a math question.
Your future self is waiting — and he’s built different.

🎁 RAK of the Day:

Took my friend on his first-ever metro ride today. Man was acting like he discovered teleportation. 😂

Want to detox your screen time?
Drop your screen hours in the comments — or just say hi. I reply to everyone.
Promise. 😄

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