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 For a long time I wanted to get off social media altogether. First, and this is probably 10 years ago, I quit Facebook.
Then shortly after that I quit Instagram. And since WhatsApp is part of Meta, I quit it too.
So at that point it was just Twitter. That was two years ago. Twitter was actually the hardest one to quit because it's a place where people treat each other badly and it's kind of addictive. But it was also a burden on my soul.
Then Nostr came along and more than a year ago I decided to quit toxic Twitter.
I've only been on Nostr ever since. It lacks a lot of the good things about Twitter, but it also lacks most of the toxicity.
But the problem of doom scrolling wasn’t solved yet.
So two weeks ago I decided to limit the amount of time I spend on Nostr every day.
 I decided that 10 minutes a day would be enough. And it is.
I don't waste time scrolling anymore. Even if I do, after 10 minutes it's over.
Effect?
When I go to Nostr, I check notifications and reply to comments. Much more effective and less time on my phone.
Ps: I did the last step because I have a daughter and I found myself on the phone too much in front of her. It solved the problem to a large extent.

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