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Re:Is your phone ruining your memory? A report on the rise o... by ryanmcbride on Friday July 08, 2022 @05:29PM (#32027406)
I had the same problem and I was able to solve it by timeboxing reading as if it was work, even though it's a hobby. I get comfy, but on some ambient music, and set my little desk timer to about 40 minutes. It's set to not beep when time runs out. I'll start reading, and for the first 20 minutes or so I'll still feel kind of antsy and keep looking at the clock, but 9/10 times I end up finally getting engrossed in what I'm reading and I don't even notice that the timer ended. By then I'm in the groove and am good to read for a couple of hours.
Re:Is your phone ruining your memory? A report on the rise o... by LesZedCB on Friday July 08, 2022 @06:36PM (#32028539)
great if you're capable of timeboxing otherwise.

not all of us are exactly that... mechanical.

Re:Is your phone ruining your memory? A report on the rise o... by ryanmcbride on Thursday July 14, 2022 @06:40PM (#32102249)
I wasn't trying to prescribe that everyone do this, I just tend to post the methods I've come up with to deal with my ADHD because sometimes it helps people. Obviously it won't work for everyone, which is why I only used "I" statements in my original comment.