JUST ONE MORE VIDEO: How Short-Form Videos, Social Media, and Infinite Scrolling Steal Your Attention, Sleep, Time—and to Take Back Control

You open your phone for five minutes. When you finally look up, an hour has disappeared.You keep scrolling even after the videos stop being interesting. You check social media when you wake up, during meals, while working, and before going to sleep. Sometimes you unlock your phone without even knowing what you wanted to see.You did not consciously decide to give the screen so much of your time. You simply chose to watch the next video-over and over again.This is not just a lack of willpower.Autoplay, notifications, personalized feeds, infinite scrolling, and short-form videos make continuing effortless while turning stopping into the only action that requires a decision. At the same time, boredom, stress, loneliness, frustration, and fear of missing out can make your phone feel like the fastest answer to every uncomfortable or empty moment.Just One More Video is a practical and compassionate guide to understanding compulsive scrolling, smartphone habits, social media use, and the growing struggle to protect your attention. It does not demonize technology, demand a complete digital detox, or tell you to delete every app. Instead, it helps you recognize when using your phone is a conscious choice-and when the habit has begun choosing for you.Inside this book, you will discover: - Why short-form videos and infinite feeds make it difficult to stop- How scrolling distorts your perception of time- Which emotional triggers cause automatic phone checking- Why social comparison and fear of missing out keep you connected- How nighttime scrolling affects sleep and the beginning of the next day- How to create friction between an impulse and opening an app- How to reduce screen time without giving up the technology you value- How to rebuild focus and remain with longer, slower activities- How to recover after setbacks without shame or extreme restrictionsYou will also receive 14 Days to Stop the Scroll, a realistic daily program designed to turn awareness into action. Through small, sustainable experiments, you will identify automatic openings, reduce unnecessary interruptions, create scroll-free spaces, delay impulsive checking, and reclaim time for sleep, relationships, work, and experiences that do not need to be posted.This book is for you if you: - Lose more time to scrolling than you intended- Reach for your phone automatically during every pause- Stay awake watching "just one more video"- Struggle to read, work, or watch a movie without checking another screen- Want to reduce social media use without abandoning your digital lifeYou do not have to stop enjoying social media. You only need to recover the ability to decide when it deserves your attention-and when your time deserves something else.The next video can wait. Your life is already happening.Begin taking back your attention today.