I Replaced Doomscrolling With Reading — This Is What Happened

I replaced doomscrolling with reading… and it ended up changing a lot more than I expected. It started with something simple: my wife suggested that we start reading before bed instead of spending the last part of our night on our phones. I started sleeping better. I started spending less time mindlessly scrolling. My anxiety started improving. Then I started talking about books online. Over the next year, that turned into a community of nearly 300,000 followers and subscribers across my platforms — and eventually gave me the opportunity to leave my career and become a full-time content creator. All because I started reading before bed. In this video, I’m telling the full story of what happened when I replaced doomscrolling with reading, how one small habit snowballed into something I never could have predicted, and why I think putting the phone down and picking up a book is worth trying. 📚 **Want to start creating content yourself?** I made a completely FREE **Creator Starter Playbook** to help you stop overthinking it and actually get started: 👉 [Download the FREE Creator Starter Playbook](https://stan.store/itsdansbooks/p/the-creator-starter-playbook--free?utm_source=chatgpt.com) If you’ve ever replaced doomscrolling with reading — or this video convinces you to try it — let me know in the comments. And subscribe if you want more videos about books, reading, and everything that comes along with building a life around them. #Reading #Books #Doomscrolling #BookTube #ReadingHabits #ContentCreator