Every morning, I’d wake up and immediately reach for my phone. Instagram first. Then Facebook. Then TikTok. Then back to Instagram because maybe I missed something in those 3 minutes.
By the time I looked up, 2 hours had vanished.
Here’s the thing — I thought I was “networking” and “building my brand.” What I was actually doing was feeding my dopamine addiction while my writing career went nowhere.
It took me losing a $1000 client opportunity because I was too busy scrolling through LinkedIn to realize what was happening.
This sh*t has to stop.
#1> The Instagram Trap (Where Dreams Go to Die)
Instagram convinced me I needed to be a “content creator.”
I spent 6 months posting aesthetic quotes over sunset photos. Know what happened? I got 47 followers and zero writing clients.
Meanwhile, my friend Sarah was building an email list of 10,000 subscribers by writing one newsletter per week (on Substack). She made $4500…
