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Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.
With heavy phone use the telling thing is not the hours. It is what happens when the phone is out of reach, and whether the checking feels urgent rather than enjoyable.
Ask what an evening without it is like. Restlessness, dread, a pull to check with nothing pleasant in it: that is a different picture from someone…
Plenty of people carry a piece of a condition without ever having the whole of it, and the piece still costs them something. Not meeting the threshold is not the same as being fine.
Subclinical is a word about paperwork rather than about suffering. Someone who avoids half of what they would like to do, but not enough of it to…
Almost everyone says they are a bit addicted to their phone. What separates a heavy habit from a problem is whether it is damaging work, sleep, study or relationships, and whether that has gone on for a while.
Ask about the damage rather than the hours: missed deadlines, nights lost, people who have stopped hearing from them. If nothing is actually…
The pull you feel towards the screen was built on purpose by people paid to make it strong. That is not an excuse, but it does take some of the shame out of losing an hour to it.
Self blame usually ends in another late night rather than in any change. The steadier position is that the pull is real and engineered, and what you…
Strong feeling about injustice can look a lot like being argumentative. Do not file conviction as defiance without checking.
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.
For many young people these commitments are not a phase but a large part of who they understand themselves to be. Treat them as beliefs to be…