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Omg no library? That’s actually so sad! Reading back, I’m sorry if I accidentally came across as condescending in my suggestion, I’m just surrounded by people who have access to lots of public libraries, but forget that they do 💀
Maybe look into volunteering somewhere, in your case? It sounds like you live in a small town, is there any animal shelters or food banks or just someone who needs weeds pulled? The whole point of the study was to basically not use your phone for anything besides calling and texting, and that means literally doing anything else.
Other than that… you could just, be bored. Honestly, I had a span of time last year when I would stared at a wall for 15 minutes when I got the urge to scroll on my phone. NGL, it definitely helped me deal with the dopamine addiction of social media.
Also, maybe a bit invasive of a suggestion: the library I volunteer at gets rid of old books yearly (nothing wrong with the contents, usually not battered or ripped at all, but not in pristine condition or the covers get changed out), and we have a mailing drive to send them to smaller communities/schools. I can send you some, if there is a public building/town hall they can be sent to?
I figured you weren’t in the US once you said there weren’t “public” libraries nearby, lol. The offer to send books still stands if you ever want to take me up on it in the future!
Omg no library? That’s actually so sad! Reading back, I’m sorry if I accidentally came across as condescending in my suggestion, I’m just surrounded by people who have access to lots of public libraries, but forget that they do 💀
Maybe look into volunteering somewhere, in your case? It sounds like you live in a small town, is there any animal shelters or food banks or just someone who needs weeds pulled? The whole point of the study was to basically not use your phone for anything besides calling and texting, and that means literally doing anything else.
Other than that… you could just, be bored. Honestly, I had a span of time last year when I would stared at a wall for 15 minutes when I got the urge to scroll on my phone. NGL, it definitely helped me deal with the dopamine addiction of social media.
Also, maybe a bit invasive of a suggestion: the library I volunteer at gets rid of old books yearly (nothing wrong with the contents, usually not battered or ripped at all, but not in pristine condition or the covers get changed out), and we have a mailing drive to send them to smaller communities/schools. I can send you some, if there is a public building/town hall they can be sent to?
I am assuming you’re assuming that I’m in the US (I’m not).
I’ve had phases where I did the stare at the wall thing and it has occasionally helped but it don’t really stick.
I figured you weren’t in the US once you said there weren’t “public” libraries nearby, lol. The offer to send books still stands if you ever want to take me up on it in the future!