I’ve noticed similarities recently (for me) between scrolling my phone and day drinking.
When I drank I would often do weekend brunches with friends. The hours before meeting up were productive – early morning meditation, a walk or other exercise, maybe catch up on some work, organize/clean things.
Then brunch…
One traditional brunch drink like a Bloody Mary or Mimosa turned into more, which opened the door to wine (because why not?) and now the need to find another restaurant/bar became top priority because brunch was over but I wanted to keep drinking.
Or, I’d go home to open and finish a bottle of wine by myself to keep the brunch buzz going.
What started out as a productive, high energy, feeling good about myself day, quickly turned into a wasted day, lethargy, feeling down about myself and my life and getting thrown off from healthy routines.
Now that I don’t day drink aka brunch on the weekends, I walk on the beach, catch up with work, organize my house, pray, meditate, eat good food, and hydrate with water.
Then I pick up my phone…
One quick IG post…”because I need to be online for my business” turns into lots of scrolling, which opens the door to click multiple links, sites, apps (because why not?) and now the need to keep scrolling and scrolling becomes top priority over anything else.
Or, I set my phone down for a bit but keep checking and re-checking, for what? Validation, not missing something, the fear of becoming irrelevant.
What started out as a productive, high energy, feeling good about myself day, quickly turned into a wasted day, lethargy, feeling down about myself and my life and getting thrown off from healthy routines.
The feelings and experiences of scrolling my phone for too long, in my opinion, are very similar to drinking too much alcohol.
Is scrolling social media the new day drinking? I think it might be!
