Dr. Aditi Nerurkar

Because it's not actually helping your brain.

And so that's another way to create some quiet.

And so instead what you could do is set grayscale.

And when you create some quiet in this noisy world, again, you know, I work in journalism, so I would never, it's not, this is not about censorship.

And what you do with grayscale, there's, you know, a couple of different steps to get into grayscale.

It decreases your screen time because it makes scrolling less interesting and less enticing for your brain.

You want to be an informed citizen.

These are tropes.

troubling times in the world.

You want to know what's going on, but not at the expense of your mental health because you want to make sure that your cup is full, that you are rested, that your brain and body are rested so that you can continue to serve in the way that you're serving through your work.

And so you're like, oh,

I don't really want to scroll here.

It's kind of boring and I'm just going to go to bed instead.

And so that's another way to create some quiet.

And when you create some quiet in this noisy world, again, you know, I work in journalism, so I would never it's not this is not about censorship.

You want to be an informed citizen.

These are troubling times in the world.

You want to know what's going on, but not at the expense of your mental health, because you want to make sure that your cup is full, that you are rested, that your brain and body are rested so that you can continue to serve in the way that you're serving through your work.

No, you're good.

It's that studies have found that it's been a really difficult time for so, so many people, just like you said.