Dr. Anna Lembke

or other people, but it's not through this digital medium.

When you've done that, that alone is awesome if you do that.

That'll change your life.

That right there, and doing it with consistency, but also coming back and then delaying the point at which you get on your device.

So whatever you're...

One patient I had called it his morning jamboree.

You know, whatever it is, like making your bed, eating good breakfast, brushing teeth, cleaning up, all of the things, right, before you actually get on the device.

And then before you get on the device, make a list of what you're going to do on the device.

Why?

Because the instant our brains are exposed to those screens, all of a sudden we forget everything.

what we were going to do.

We forget how we were going to use it as a tool and instead we use it as a drug.

So make a list, get on there.

Hopefully the night before you've also deleted the apps that you want to abstain from for that period of time, you know, whether it's a social media app or a game playing app or an online shopping, you know, app, unsubscribe, you know, get rid of them because you're really committing to

you know, not using your drug of choice, behavior or drug, whatever it is.

And then also just really be aware that you're going to feel uncomfortable and you're going to experience craving.

And part of craving will manifest as an elaborate narrative for why it's a stupid experiment.

I don't need to do that.

That's dumb.

Or yesterday that seemed like a good idea, but today that's just stupid.