Readwise

I want to quit doom scrolling. But I can’t quit cold turkey. My particular doom scrolling addiction is around Vox, The New York Times, and 9gag. Sometimes I want the distractions of reading something random, so I am trying to replace those sites with Readwise. This app randomly shows you highlights and notes from books and articles you’ve read. This app+service combination is recommended by one of my favorite YouTubers, Ali Abdaal. In his video on it, he demonstrates a complex set up process to get your favorite online and in-print notes and highlights into the service. However, if you simply tell the App what your favorite books are, it will immediately populate your highlights feed with snippets from those books. I may eventually go through the setup process Ali recommends. But for now, I have something to start my journey of getting off the doom scrolling wagon.