[noodleman]

Social media gives you that dopamine fix quicker than your other options. It quickly becomes a habit if you've been doing it for long enough.

I'm sure if you tried to make doing other things a habit, it would come easier to you over time. Then there's less reliance on willpower required.

If you put a block in the calendar at the same time each week, you will feel more obligated to do it.

I've done this with all kinds of things like socialising, couch25k, flossing. It really helped me when covid restrictions first hit and it was too easy to just lay about all day.

[adave]

My only solution for that is to get a pet and live in the moment a little so you have that time to think.