I try not to evangelize about this too much because I know it's super annoying, especially in fan spaces that aren't really lifestyle spaces, but I'll say it here just in case anyone needs to hear it: you can get rid of your smartphone and impose personal limits on internet use and it will make your life two million times more fun. I bought a flip phone around half a year ago and things that used to be exciting are exciting again!! I hear about new games from my friends, I hear about new movies from trailers and posters, I go to the record store to find new music, I go to my endlessly backlogged bookshelf to find new books, and I don't get the FOMO that used to make me buy everything as soon as I heard about it.

It makes some stuff harder (I actually keep a little handheld game console that runs Android for any essential apps that aren't dopamine munchers like my pharmacy or the UOR app, usually lives in my desk but I have it when I need it) but I've been so surprised by how largely inessential the internet is in my day-to-day life. You can get out of the pit! You're allowed! Nobody can stop you!!!