You don’t feel tired.
You feel overstimulated.
This is not a self-control problem.
This is a loop.
What this loop looks like
You open your phone for “just a minute.”
Thirty minutes disappear.
You consume news, opinions, short videos, and updates —
but finish feeling emptier than before.
Why it keeps happening
This loop is not accidental.
Your attention is being fragmented into pieces too small
to form meaning, memory, or satisfaction.
The system rewards you for staying —
not for finishing.
Why most advice fails
“Just be disciplined.”
“Use your phone less.”
“Turn off notifications.”
These suggestions assume you have excess willpower.
You don’t.
You have decision fatigue.
The exit
You don’t need better rules.
You need fewer choices.
For the next 72 hours:
- One app.
- One purpose.
- One exit point.
Nothing else.
Not forever.
Just enough to break the loop.
End This Loop 