SQUIRREL!: Turn off your notifications for ALL of your apps. EVERY SINGLE ONE. (Except Breaking News, if you want . . .) Turn off the beeps, buzzes, and flashes. Instead, look at them on YOUR schedule. Don’t be a slave to the beep. Studies show that our brains emit dopamine when we get a text or a tweet. Of course they do, and of course we want that. Understand that we’re more susceptible to that dopamine hit than other people are, and we have to be very careful with what we allow to give it to us. In this case, it’s not beneficial. Turn off the alerts and check social on your schedule. Stick
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