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Monks don’t beat phone habits with willpower. They give everything a time and a place.
A man asked a monk, “Why can’t I put my phone down?”
The monk asked 1 question back.
“What are you hoping to find when you pick it up?”
“Sometimes something interesting. But usually, I just reach for it whenever I’m bored.”
“Then begin there. Your phone has become your answer to every bored moment. You reach for it out of habit.”
Monks solved the late night scroll.
Not with screen time limits. With silence, prayer, and an examen.
Here’s what scrolling does to your brain at night, and the 3 things monks do instead.
Scrolling at night is often self-soothing. Cheap dopamine to numb stress or loneliness.
Silence takes that crutch away. You let go of your digital idols for comfort, and you get real rest and an honest look at your strengths and weaknesses.
Try this tonight, 1 hour before bed:
Put your phone in another room.
Give your soul good inputs. Prayer, reading, silence.
Do a nightly examen. Where you succeeded, where you failed, what you’re grateful for.
The hard part isn’t the first night. It’s night nine. That’s what we built Monk Mindset for, link in bio
So we’re launching our first Monk Day in Boston. A coworking day with monks, built to bring the Monk Mindset into your work.
A retreat where you still get your work done. No PTO needed.
Prayer, food, fellowship, and focus.
Oct 30. 7:30am to 5:30pm.
The day:
7:30 chanted morning prayer
8:00 Mass
8:35 communal breakfast
9:00 formation to work with greater peace
9:05 working session 1
12:00 Angelus and Monk Mindset formation session
12:15 communal lunch
1:00 formation for increased productivity
1:05 working session 2
5:15 formation and chanted evening prayer
5:45 optional 2 mile fun run
6:30 optional dinner on your own
Sign up and bring your friends: Link in Bio
Monks put rest on the schedule.
Here are 7 things that feel restful but aren’t.
Scrolling in bed for an hour.
You got in bed to wind down. An hour later you’re still awake and no more rested.
7. Watching videos about hobbies instead of doing them.
You watch someone bake bread, paint, or play guitar while your own hobbies sit untouched.
Make something yourself, however imperfect. Find the joy in learning a new skill.
