{"id":686,"date":"2025-02-25T15:27:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T15:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/ditch\/?p=686"},"modified":"2025-02-25T15:27:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T15:27:19","slug":"i-ditched-morning-doomscrolling-for-a-week-heres-what-i-learnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/ditch\/i-ditched-morning-doomscrolling-for-a-week-heres-what-i-learnt\/","title":{"rendered":"I ditched morning doomscrolling for a week \u2014 here\u2019s what I learnt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DITCH<\/em> writer Molly Baker is dared to change her morning routine by cutting out her phone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Are you guilty of doomscrolling<\/a> as soon as you wake up? Yeah, me too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a survey conducted by broadband provider Virgin Media O2<\/a>, 81% of people in the UK reach for their phones as soon as they wake, with 75% headed straight to social media. It\u2019s clear many of us start our days in the digital space, but I wondered what would happen if I broke that habit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I decided to ditch the morning doomscroll for a five-day working week to see how easy it was to wake up, the impact on my mood and how much I would really miss my phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 1 – Reading<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The first day of the challenge was definitely the hardest. I woke up before my alarm, desperately fighting the urge to check my notifications; telling myself I could start the challenge tomorrow. I knew that my inner phone addict was trying to relapse before I had even started, so I resisted the temptation and cosied up in bed with a book. It took a while for me to be able to concentrate, but I really appreciated being able to schedule in a bit of reading that I otherwise wouldn\u2019t have made time for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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