Over the past couple of days, I’ve started to not look at my phone as soon as i wake up as i’ve usually done for years. Now I wake up, wash my face and brush my teeth and then i immediately go into my normal stretching routine, which i have been doing for months to deal with my herniatated disc. I haven’t really had issues with my back for a few months now, and I’m really grateful to my physical therapist who got me to this point of mobility to the point where I don’t even think about back pain any more. i can’t believe that just in April and May, the pain was all I could really think about.

So now after the excercises, I hop on Yousician and do the Daily Session, which is about a half hour of guitar playing, before even attempting to get on my phone to start doomscrolling. I feel that I’m more accomplished and using more of my time productively, which feels great to me. I’m happy with my decision.