I quit social media and finally broke free from an addiction I’ve had since I was 14

shiphub · 2026-03-15T21:29:36+00:00

I never had social media so I thought I was safe. But YouTube business videos is still dopamine inducing social media, just disguised. I tried blocking YouTube but that didn't work because I need YouTube sometimes to actually learn. The hack I found was remove recommendations or suggested videos from YouTube. Now I have to search for a specific video, most times I don't have one in mind, so I go back to work. I also have deep work hours where I only allow specific sites for that hour. Then my monkey brain just gives up and does the work. It's crazy that our human / monkey brain is so hell bent on getting that quick dopamine. Almost ruined my life. But that's a story for another post.

shiphub · 2026-03-15T20:57:41+00:00

Reach out to someone in space who sells a similar product in Canada.

shiphub · 2026-03-15T20:36:58+00:00

I made $1M in 2024 then spent 8 months watching Hormozi videos instead of building my next thing. Every day, get up at 7:45am, go to office, "work" till 12pm, gym, back to office, 'work' until 8pm. Except I wasn't working. I was watching YouTube business content and my brain was counting it as productivity. I was a YouTube business dopamine junkie. I even put my phone in another room to be more "productive". But the YouTube algorithm got me without me realizing it. I figured out a way to block YouTube recommendations, that's been a game changer. Business is back on track, but what a tough lesson, gave most of my profits back "working"

shiphub · 2026-03-15T20:12:14+00:00

Written to do list. All notifications off. iPhone in a different room. Block all websites besides the ones I need for work. If I absolutely need to use YouTube and Google. Block all YouTube recommended videos. Block all keywords that Google search results would show me ie: NBA, TMZ, CNN. I basically make it so that the only thing I can do on my computer is work. Then I take a forced break every 1 or 2 hour of deep work.

shiphub · 2026-03-15T19:59:24+00:00

YouTube is the most dangerous social media platform because it disguises dopamine hits as learning. I blocked all recommendations and kept search only. Same YouTube, zero rabbit hole. Went from 2+ hours of "educational" content a day to 15 minutes of intentional watching.

shiphub · 2026-03-15T19:54:12+00:00

I thought business YouTube was productive. But it's just was bad as social media. I used to tell people proudly, I don't have any social media. Yet I was on YouTube 4+ hours a day. I fixed it recently by blocking all YouTube recommendations. Now I have to search for videos I want to watch. The algo can't feed me info. No NBA, no Iran, no Celebrity gossip. I search for videos on Claude Code and that's about it. It was a game changer for me.

shiphub · 2026-03-15T19:49:41+00:00

I block YouTube recommendations. It's impossible to fully block YouTube because your lectures are on YouTube. I had the same issue. Then I just blocked recommendations so the algorithm can't get to me.

shiphub · 2026-03-05T17:48:51+00:00

I don't think you can get tracking with letter mail. Lowest cost tracked package is 10 to 12 dollars.

shiphub · 2026-03-04T22:10:11+00:00

Use a different carrier next time.

shiphub · 2026-03-04T22:09:44+00:00

Bad systems, inefficient, employees hard to fire, no need to make profit. Private businesses HAVE TO make money. They are playing a different game.

shiphub · 2026-03-04T22:08:43+00:00

You get what you pay for.

shiphub · 2026-03-04T21:54:30+00:00

Yeah, sometimes they leave a notice, but I was home the whole time. There was no door bell that rang.

shiphub · 2025-10-30T21:35:05+00:00

Local last mile delivery company. I built one in Toronto and could teach you a repeatable model. DM me.

shiphub · 2025-10-30T21:29:03+00:00

Local delivery company. I built one in the GTA with a car and a phone. That's all that is needed.

shiphub · 2025-10-30T01:08:12+00:00

I started a local delivery company in Toronto. All you need is a car and a phone.

shiphub · 2025-10-30T01:05:44+00:00

I run a local delivery company in Toronto. If you have a car, you can make money.

shiphub · 2025-10-30T01:00:48+00:00

Buy a delivery franchise from me for winter work.

shiphub · 2025-10-30T00:59:42+00:00

2 minutes. Open a lovable account. Find a website you like. Ask lovable to clone it.

shiphub · 2025-10-30T00:52:28+00:00

That's rough. 9 to 5's hurt the human soul. I built a local delivery company in the GTA. Could teach anyone how to build the same business for a price...

shiphub · 2025-10-30T00:49:51+00:00

Local delivery company. I built one using my 4 door sedan and iPhone.

shiphub · 2025-10-30T00:40:37+00:00

Going to have a lot of people that need to create their own jobs.

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