That seems overly simple, I don't think it is a solution per se. I can think of a million real world things, where taking action is not the default.
> By the way, is spawning new tabs while waiting for a website to load in order to keep oneself occupied really a thing?
Yes, sometimes. Particularly HN is a good intermediate, because it loads so fast.
Agree. And also I think the same about the working hours that companies makes us to commit.
You have no idea. Absolutely no idea. I'll usually open 3 or 4 tabs before a single one finishes loading. You, have, no, idea. ADHD is insane.
It's because I close old tabs all the time, but I constantly need to open more because otherwise I get extremely extremely bored.
Definitely. I open up 8-20 tabs at once and go to the one that finishes loading first
That is the goal. Consuming stuff on the internet is just one of the things I do throughout the day and even there I've minimised it as much as possible: I've deleted almost every social media, I use LinkedIn with a timer (browser blocks in automatically). I'm subscribed to a limited number of newsletters and even then I don't immediately read them--hence all the bookmarks.
> Take it from somebody very recently recovered from the digital loop: I have lost tons of time ruminating while life flowed out the window, screen, etc.
This is why I recently started using my laptop and phone with a timer: I give myself a total of 4 hours to use both screens (although I don't count listening to music while doing chores as screentime--we're all big music lovers in our family). Of course, I can do this because I'm a freelancer and not the breadwinner of the house. All people I respect have told me that when I have this advantage, I should use it.
Funnily, having a timer has helped me get more work done than I did when I took laptop use for granted: I'm almost done with the second issue of my magazine in less than 4 days when the first one took 2 whole weeks.
> By the way, is spawning new tabs while waiting for a website to load in order to keep oneself occupied really a thing?
I used to do this a lot until I recently started applying the principles of slow living and doing one thing at a time.
By the way, is spawning new tabs while waiting for a website to load in order to keep oneself occupied really a thing?