Adniem@thelemmy.club to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agodo you think that brainrot can be fixed and if so how?message-squaremessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squaredo you think that brainrot can be fixed and if so how?Adniem@thelemmy.club to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square14linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWakko@hell.cloudlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoYou can improve your attention span. It just takes putting effort into it. Some things that will help: Stop watching short-form content. Ban yourself from Instagram, Tiktok, and Shorts/Reels on any site. Drop off social media as much as possible - check it once a day, for a max of 15 minutes. Start reading a book for at least 1 hour at least 3 times a week. Read at least one non-fiction book for every 3 fiction books you read. Pick up a hobby that requires dedicated focus and practice. Spend your free time doing that instead of doomscrolling. Spend 30 minutes a week in a quiet space, meditating.
minus-squareTwinklebreeze @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoEverything on this list is great advice, but non fiction books make me want to kill myself. I’ve found one tolerable non fiction. God help me if I ever have to read a biography or self help book again.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days ago non fiction books make me want to kill myself I usually feel the same. A few notable exceptions I have found: [Salt: A World History)] (https://www.markkurlansky.com/books/salt-a-world-history/) - the history of salt is way more interesting than you would think. [The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_Tongue) - English is a damn weird language. [A People’s History of the United States] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_People’s_History_of_the_United_States) - a much more accurate and honest history than the whitewashed version that public schools teach.
minus-squareTywèle@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoThere are more non fiction genres than biographies and self-help
minus-squareTwinklebreeze @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoYes, but those are my two least favorite.
minus-squareP1nkman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoCheck out Bill Brysons books, they’re great and funny! You could start with A Short History Of Nearly Everything.
You can improve your attention span. It just takes putting effort into it.
Some things that will help:
Everything on this list is great advice, but non fiction books make me want to kill myself. I’ve found one tolerable non fiction. God help me if I ever have to read a biography or self help book again.
I usually feel the same. A few notable exceptions I have found:
There are more non fiction genres than biographies and self-help
Yes, but those are my two least favorite.
Check out Bill Brysons books, they’re great and funny! You could start with A Short History Of Nearly Everything.