Retrain yourself to be patient and not require immediate, bad answers in favor of good, but slower answers (by reading books, and not skipping to the end).
Understand that anything worth doing takes time.
Recognize that the effort you make to solve problems for yourself is itself valuable for the experience that you gain. Also recognize that if you do not understand the tools that you are using, your capabilities will always be limited by those tools.
Realize that the journey is just as important as the destination (if not more important).
Cold turkey.
Read a fucking book.
Retrain yourself to be patient and not require immediate, bad answers in favor of good, but slower answers (by reading books, and not skipping to the end).
Understand that anything worth doing takes time.
Recognize that the effort you make to solve problems for yourself is itself valuable for the experience that you gain. Also recognize that if you do not understand the tools that you are using, your capabilities will always be limited by those tools.
Realize that the journey is just as important as the destination (if not more important).
Seconding reading.
When Reddit went through the API changes I successfully replaced Reddit doomscrolling with reading.
I have started to backslide on my Reddit addiction in 2025. Maybe I just need to read more.
I replaced Reddit scrolling with Lemmy scrolling. There isn’t as much content here, so I did add reading to the mix.
This also reduced the amount of time I spent writing comments on social media. That’s a great win, imo!