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By Zachary PhillipsPublished 5 years ago • 1 min read

Mindless scrolling

Looking for validation online

Filling the time

Filling the void

Someone just liked my post

Fleeting happiness

Back to scrolling

Change apps

Scrolling again

Change apps back

Another like, but not from someone I like

I’m offended

Comment

I’m offended

Share

I wonder what she’s doing?

Damn, she’s still happy with him

Food as art

Bodies as art

Life as art

How unattainable

I’m jealous

You have memories from seven years ago

Cringe

10 things you won’t believe

10 times they got it wrong

10 posts to distract you from your own existence

Screen time report

Usage up from last week

Porn

Porn

Porn

Shame

Close all open tabs

Delete the latest hour

Half formed thought

Tweet

OMG, a retweet!

Just a bot

Bad news

More bad news

Memes about the news

Memes about memes

Sharing memes

I should work

Scroll

I should clean

Scroll

I should exercise

Scroll

I need to sleep

Scroll

Check one app

Check another

Check a third app

Recheck the first

Back to scrolling

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About the Creator

Zachary Phillips

Mental Health - Mindfulness - Self Help

https://www.zachary-phillips.com/

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    Written by Zachary Phillips