Consuming content with discipline

I have been doomscrolling on-and-off again ever since I had Facebook, Instagram or the sorts. The last streak of mindlessly watching short-form videos every night lasted 14 months. I knew I had to quit. Watching all this dopamine laden videos had done a number on my attention span, and now I sometimes find myself switching between the tasks I was supposed to do every 5 minutes, without actually getting anything done, and inevitably resulting in me swiping on Facebook Shorts for 3 hours straight. 1

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How I manage my finance (as a developer)

We have all been there. You earn that lucrative IT-sector big buck, and next thing you know, you are down to 10% of your earning by the middle of the month. You don’t even know how you spent the money. Then you can only vaguely recall buying some shirts and shoes and some newest technology thingamajigs. “What the f#*k did I spent this half a thousand buck on?” is the question that stuck will in your mind until next month, and then the cycle will repeat.

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