Classic Episode: How Do I Kick My Scrolling Habit? | Monday Advice

Aug 17, 2026 · 58 min · YouTube

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0:00Last week, we talked about the importance of meaningful activity as a way to reduce the allure of mindless scrolling.
0:08Well, I want to continue this discussion this week by revisiting a classic episode that first aired back in the winter of 2024.
0:16In this episode, I described what I called a high-quality leisure toolkit, which contained six concrete activities that you could consider adding to your life as a way to help rewire your brain to depend less on the quick hits of distraction delivered through a screen.
0:33Now, I thought I would play this episode for you today as it seems as relevant now as it was back then.
0:40Now, I recommend staying tuned past the deep dive for the questions in the second segment of this classic episode, as there's a pretty good collection of queries.
0:49This is, you know, some shows have a better collection of questions than others.
0:52There's a bunch of sort of classic questions that I tackle in this episode.
0:56So the full episode is worth sticking through.
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