yeah bro same i can't seem to lock in
I barely study 2 hours a day rn same problem we're facing
A day....bro try a month. 2 hours a day is plenty
Personally, I try to do a sort of reward system. I set myself goals to meet, such as reading a chapter of my textbook, finishing writing a paragraph, and completing a certain number of problems, etc. And after I meet each one, I let myself goof off as a reward for a set amount of time, so like getting to scroll for 10 mins, or getting to read a chapter of a manga or fic. Might not work for everybody, but it helped me a lot.
It’s that feeling of “I don’t know what to do” that keeps you (and all of us) stuck in a cycle of addiction. I tried replacing my yaoi addiction with watching anime, but that didn’t really count as a healthy replacement either. For a while, I stopped thinking about fiction altogether, I was too busy socializing and working on projects.
TL;DR When trying to break a habit, you need to find something equally satisfying to replace it with, something that gives you the same kind of fun or “dopamine” you’re used to.
You can’t just cut it out instantly. Trust me, you have to gradually replace it with something else, then reduce it bit by bit. Eventually, you’ll forget about the old habit because you’ll already have other fun options to turn to instead of just reading fiction or scrolling through TikTok all the time.
I spend all day on tiktok reading fanfics or reading manhwa. I don't want to give up my love of fiction but I also have other things I want to do and I need to study. How to balance it out?