Can algorithms really affect our brain wiring, or is it vice versa?
Some of the new Gen-Z employee habits include scrolling through their social media for at least 5 minutes before they start doing their work. Even I do it before starting to study. It feels like a guilty pleasure wanting to start and end my work with some reels. As much as I have self-control over doom scrolling, I feel like it's harmless to watch no more than 3 reels at least, but my mindset changed this summer. I’d like to share my personal experience with you guys.
I spent my last summer doing absolutely nothing. I had initially planned to spend it that way, but in the middle, I decided to do something like learning a new soft skill. Whatever I did, I just couldn’t bring myself to open my laptop for work. Once, when I finally got the material I wanted, I still couldn’t focus on my work and turned it off. The next semester started and I was ready to kick-start it, but I don’t know how—out of nowhere, I suddenly lost all attention to my studies. Studying felt like a burden that I forced myself to endure. After spending 2 semesters forcing myself to study, I took action to find a solution. I’ve been an above-average student all my life and couldn’t fathom the fact that I suddenly lost interest in studying the degree I dreamed of pursuing. At one point, I was blaming myself for spending the last summer doing nothing (I never had a summer free from homework), while on the other hand, I thought I had caught the evil eye. Nevertheless, I decided to learn soldering circuits on my own, and this time, before studying, I opened TikTok and searched for some motivational reels related to my degree. Let me tell you, the next couple of reels on 'aura farming' that I saw about engineering had me heating my iron in no time. It was as if I was fueled with adrenaline. The progress I made that day was astounding.
That’s when I finally diagnosed the root cause of my procrastination and started working on reshaping my algorithm. It has helped me a lot. This is a very strange diagnosis and cure that I came up with for my mental health; it felt strange because I obviously used my phone before too, but suddenly I became sick of spending time idly to the point that I lost all interest in the real world. I’m really glad that I found that cure
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