Calling it brain rot makes it sound like a personal failing, but the fight was never fair: thousands of engineers tune that feed to hold your attention, and you defend yourself with a vague plan to "scroll less." Deleting the apps for a week doesn't work either — they come back, and the habit comes back with them. What works is changing the order of the day: the feed opens after your life gets its share, not instead of it.
- Name the apps that eat your hours and give them a daily allowance.
- Put a few real actions in front of them — training, reading, the project you keep postponing.
- Scroll when the day is won, not to avoid starting it.