YOUR WEEKLY AFFIRMATION

"My life is too valuable to waste on autopilot. I choose purpose over distraction, and action over passivity."

We’ve all been there, hours slipping as we mindlessly scroll across our feeds, using social media as a way of escaping reality and the endless comparison between people who only post their best moments.

Social media is stealing your life right from under you, and you’re not even aware of it. You could spend all that time doing things that you actually love, things that challenge you and make your life so much more interesting.

But instead, we keep numbing. We keep scrolling. We keep avoiding. And we convince ourselves that we’re “resting” or “catching up” when we’re really just running away from the discomfort of being fully present.

So, in this edition of The Level Up Letter, we’re diving into why our phones are so addictive and how we can finally break the cycle of toxic scrolling so we can detach, take our power back, and start living with intention.

This Weeks Lesson

Before we can even begin to solve the problem, we need to get to the root of it: Why do we find scrolling so addictive?

Here are some reasons:

• Because it's easier than facing our thoughts

• Because it gives us a false sense of connection

• Because we’d rather escape than face the parts of our lives that feel out of control

But here’s the truth: every second you spend scrolling is a second you’ll never get back. And those seconds are what build your life. That’s how people wake up years later wondering where the time went.

What if you used that time to grow instead of compare? To create instead of consume? To live instead of escape?

I am not telling you to delete all your apps and toss your phone away. That is unrealistic and honestly not sustainable. It’s like dumping all your clothes in your closet and hoping that just because you closed the door, the pile of clothes will magically disappear. I tried that. It doesn’t work.

What you need is to be aware of the patterns you follow and confront them. Be honest with yourself and recognize how much life is passing you by while you lock yourself in your room, stuck on your phone.

The key is understanding why you reach for your phone so often. It’s rarely about boredom, it’s usually about avoiding uncomfortable feelings like anxiety, loneliness, or self-doubt. Our phones become a quick escape from emotions we don’t want to face.

But growth happens when we lean into those feelings instead of running from them. Next time you catch yourself scrolling, pause and ask:

• What am I really avoiding right now?

• How am I feeling beneath the surface?

This will help you understand why your phone feels like a refuge and give you the clarity to break free from that cycle.

So this week, I want you to try setting small boundaries. Like no phones during meals, or an hour before bed. You’ll start to notice how much your relationship with your phone shifts.

Remember: Awareness is the first step towards breaking the cycle. It won’t be easy or perfect, but with small, intentional steps, you can reclaim your time and start living more fully.

This Week’s Blog edition

How to plan your week for maximum success

We all want to be successful and feel like we’re moving closer to our goals. We think, we plan, but we often fall short when it comes to actually executing. 

The problem isn't that we lack ambition or good intentions. Most of us have plenty of both. The issue is that we're operating without a clear system to bridge the gap between our aspirations and our daily actions. We start Monday morning with the best of intentions, but by Wednesday we're already feeling behind. By Friday, we're wondering where the week went and why we didn't accomplish what we set out to do.

This cycle of planning, struggling, and falling short isn't just frustrating, it's exhausting. It chips away at our confidence and makes us question whether we're capable of achieving our bigger goals. But here's the truth: the problem isn't your capability or your work ethic. The problem is that most people are missing a crucial piece of the success puzzle.

As James Clear points out in Atomic Habits, "You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems." Winners and losers often have the same goals, what separates them is the quality of their systems. If you want to lose weight, get promoted, or build a business, you need more than good intentions and lofty goals. You need a reliable system that consistently moves you in the right direction, even when motivation fades and life gets complicated.

Strategic weekly planning is that system. When you plan your week with intention and structure, you set yourself up to win, day by day, task by task so you can continue moving towards the person you want to be.

In this edition of my blog,  I’ll walk you through a simple, effective method to plan your week for maximum success so you can stop spinning your wheels and start making real progress toward the life you want. Let’s get into it.

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Thank you for reading this and being here!

I just want you to know how proud I am of you for continuing this journey of growth—even when it’s hard.
Keep loving yourself. Keep showing up.

Until next time…

The Level up Letter | Tsion Abate