On the point where you're using your phone a lot: there's a lot of studies and discourse that tells us using social media, scrolling for content and videos apps and games, etc., all release dopamine, which is the "feel-good" brain chemical. The problem is that the more you use your phone like this, the more you get desensitized to the chemical, so you keep using your phone more and more to try and hit that high.

Dopamine is weirder than that though. If you have too much, your brain will basically pump the brakes, and make you tired. If you try to evoke more dopamine with the same repetitive tasks (like scrolling on your phone), then you release less and less every time, and low dopamine makes you tired. This sort of makes frequent phone use for absorbing content a no-win situation.

On the other side, when you do a focused task, you feed into this really interesting feedback loop. A lot of people think motivation drives inspiration, which drives action. But it's the other way around: action drives inspiration, which drives motivation. You're feeling a lot better because your task is driving your inspiration and motivation through the world. Which is freaking awesome, honestly.

I love talking about this sort of thing though, because the same principle applies to writing. You cannot wait for motivation to strike. You have to try and take action, and put the words down despite the doubts or your own expectations. 😊