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</style><![endif]--><style></style></head><body class="a" style="margin:0px auto;padding:0px;word-wrap:normal;word-spacing:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"><div role="article" aria-roledescription="email" aria-label="email_name" lang="en" style="font-size:1rem"><div style="display:none;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden;"> This summer, I've employed various methods to stop scrolling. Only one thing worked.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ </div><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" class="gg"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table role="none" width="670" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="aa" style="width:670px;table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td class="bodyWrapper" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:10px 5px 10px 5px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-style: solid; border-color: #FFFFFF;border-radius:10px 10px 0px 0px;background-color:#FFFFFF;" class="c"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr id="header"><td style="padding:15px 15px 0px 15px;"><div style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="f" align="right" valign="top"><p> August 24, 2025 | <a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxzjOmX0HP6FIUBLqzWTfV3I7XU3tt2MYYmTjDQLCo2QA_ht8j5PfDcRmZNfcchWmK81OExHYI3PjFwXViY4-krQQnglfD6Ec11BVeqQ-rmCBbA0pAaMfvEmsCSiW0RiqS0It-g9m8q1UXjY2YQckHrEFl2ZJz5JfYzPVJlRAwmRMhx1-ATYIWVTXPLMyuMxyHux-FbkL05tdR_Q-RG99T-4pgfbTeiICwEJqewPBQQ3QYSZGQNDRH2JPtuCgdtXbAokXqqT1iQ_3vKwq9xD0kkdBl0-KqS53VMatg8MINkVJVz4uEKOhyQSMLiKkF1gZ3LAjZlTUX8hg0_kW-jAD_NI2g69avkthP8_7zj9ab-1c5dMMfIRaGumpE_ZranCk6cf5JJw46PzVpyqzlscZqEposRBOPUd1QYIoF5zmH8B6aCxJfBc0emQzqm2mKuEkrr9kd6UV_VDCwPCXZspo7076zeOgTlyeT9HGS83smaTjJNKbZQJPdY5GQACP-TRDSLuHsn1r7G5Gs894GKgDqpzKQFTngsQepR0tg9savPSJVyzA_0sZkXf5CSWVZKeJLTG8E2ghIaNS-1dcvu9JG_TaUkHgGxghH45kPI8_uv2Et6sIRto1gXsJYfe7JU-nLc7xxO4l0xNTx7WHlDhAgCHH00WghGaTTbst5O6ouedk4-Mq4yUTLwUvsxZ-DWCzpZT0dDSYKl0EO9c71PHbPLIcQM8kdh_HzZ_-xTk3ARNscBfPeYG7UoTMqi2hFUYyYI/4jb/nEpA6efrRNOcK0iPj0_kCg/h0/h001.CMA0faMEYYSelu4yRAJ3zow5liPkfjKAm9UsHAbRWjA"><span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.templates.posts.email.header.read_online">Read Online</span></a></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:15px 0;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><h1 style="text-align:left;font-family:'Trebuchet MS','Lucida Grande',Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:Bold;font-size:32px;color:#2A2A2A;padding:2px 0;line-height:38px;"> Can I fix my own phone addiction? </h1><p style="text-align:left;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:20px;color:#3E3E3E;padding:5px 0;line-height:24px;"> This summer, I've employed various methods to stop scrolling. 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