c/general·Posted by u/aisha_r·1h ago

How do you stop late-night scrolling when you already know you will regret it?

I get into bed at 11:10 with a plan. Phone on the dresser. Then I just check if my sister replied, and at 12:47 I am on my third app watching a stranger reorganise a fridge. My eyes hurt. I already know tomorrow's 7:15 alarm will feel like a prank. I tell myself one more video, then the autoplay handshake happens and I lose another twenty minutes. I have tried leaving the phone in the kitchen. I lasted two nights, then I brought it back because I use it as an alarm and because the quiet in the room felt too loud. Charging it across the room helps until I walk over for a second. What actually broke this for you, if anything? Not a lecture about screens. I already know. I want the boring rule that stuck after the second night, which is where I always fail.

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