I’ve tried to go without my phone more often and get out of the habit of having something constantly on in the background but I find myself just getting into this state where nothing is even vaguely pleasant, where I can’t find motivation to move, or where I pick up my phone without even realizing what I’m doing.
Is the answer meditation and exercise? It’s meditation and exercise isn’t it?
If you start walking in nature, you will find that after a few hours you are sort of "done" thinking and speculating
Nothing like that dread of going back to society after a 3 day walk in the woods. That first asshole in traffic makes me want to turn around and go back to the woods forever.