Text the Girl Gang!

Feeling wrung out by endless scrolling and bad news? We felt it too. So we decided to trade dopamine loops for do-able, analog habits and built a simple reset that doesn’t require deleting your life or your job. Together we map out why the spiral hits harder lately—seasonal blues, rough weather, and constant alerts—and how tiny changes can reclaim your focus without going off the grid.

We start with friction you can feel today: move social apps off your home screen or use a browser, kill nonhuman notifications, and set soft limits that don’t boomerang. Then we test bite-size interrupters like the three-post rule and the scroll sandwich to break autopilot. We look at curation as self-care: mute and unfollow what drags you down, and build a walled garden of accounts that teach, calm, or delight. If work keeps you on social, we share a smart workaround—stay logged in via brand pages to avoid the personal feed.

From there, we go full analog in ways that actually stick. Piano drills and YouTube once, practice often. Coloring with alcohol markers for flow. Book nooks, physical books, bowling nights, logic puzzles, and even old-school letters that make connection feel human again. We also walk through a seven-day digital reset: audit alerts, switch to grayscale, protect the bedroom, delete your top-three time sinks, practice single-tasking, spend two hours on a purely physical activity, and finish with a ruthless unfollow before you reinstall. No purity tests—only tools that put your attention back in your hands.

By the end, you’ll have a kinder plan to step down screen time, protect your mood, and fill the space with activities that make you feel present and proud. If you try a challenge, tell us how it goes, what you kept, and what you ditched—we’re learning with you. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s stuck in the doomscroll, and leave a quick review to help more people find a healthier, happier feed.

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