As I write this, it’s 12:21 a.m. on June 15. And I’m going to have to stay up until 3 a.m. working, because I ended up watching videos on X for like five hours straight and didn’t get a damn thing done at work. If my boss finds out I did that and went to sleep without catching up, he’ll give me three days of grief and I’ll lose his trust. But if I stay until 4 a.m. catching up on what I didn’t do during those damn hours I spent doomscrolling like an addict, we’re still good.
Sleep is sacred to me, and it’s a shame to have to give it up for this.
Please, whoever is reading this, learn not to let yourself get hypnotized by X, TikTok, Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts. They’ll steal your time; they’re parasites that leave you broke in terms of time, and time is fucking valuable, I promise. If you want to see more growth or progress in your life, stop doomscrolling, give up TikToks, Reels, and Shorts as much as possible; That’s the way to make progress in the digital age.
“I've been procrastinating, and now I'm paying the price” by Mastedore is licensed under CC BY-ND 4.0 International.