Control Your Scroll: How to Demote Your Device and Reclaim Your Life
We need to be entertained. We want to be distracted. We don't focus. We can't stop or slow down. We feel purposeless. We wonder what it's all for.

Social media has become our means of socialization. Who will we be without it?

Like most of her Gen-Z peers, Elizabeth Tate can't remember life before the internet. She grew up online, where each mistake is documented, every post induces anxiety, and huge corporations profit off your fear of missing out.

But when the Covid-19 pandemic derailed her job and trapped her in online college classes, Elizabeth slid into a 24-7 doomscrolling binge that forced her to make a hard call: It was time to delete her social media accounts for good.

In Control Your Scroll, she shares the stories and research that convinced her to log off—and examines the richness of a more unplugged, more in-touch life. With honesty and a sense of humor, Elizabeth delivers real solutions and prompts you to ask yourself real questions.

Your relationship with tech doesn't have to be all-or-nothing. It's a long path. You will second guess yourself. You'll revert to your old habits. You will have to explain yourself to friends.

It's going to be kind of terrible. It's also going to be kind of beautiful. And it's going to be worth it. Just remember: Despite what Big Tech says, you have a choice.

You always have a choice.
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Control Your Scroll: How to Demote Your Device and Reclaim Your Life
We need to be entertained. We want to be distracted. We don't focus. We can't stop or slow down. We feel purposeless. We wonder what it's all for.

Social media has become our means of socialization. Who will we be without it?

Like most of her Gen-Z peers, Elizabeth Tate can't remember life before the internet. She grew up online, where each mistake is documented, every post induces anxiety, and huge corporations profit off your fear of missing out.

But when the Covid-19 pandemic derailed her job and trapped her in online college classes, Elizabeth slid into a 24-7 doomscrolling binge that forced her to make a hard call: It was time to delete her social media accounts for good.

In Control Your Scroll, she shares the stories and research that convinced her to log off—and examines the richness of a more unplugged, more in-touch life. With honesty and a sense of humor, Elizabeth delivers real solutions and prompts you to ask yourself real questions.

Your relationship with tech doesn't have to be all-or-nothing. It's a long path. You will second guess yourself. You'll revert to your old habits. You will have to explain yourself to friends.

It's going to be kind of terrible. It's also going to be kind of beautiful. And it's going to be worth it. Just remember: Despite what Big Tech says, you have a choice.

You always have a choice.
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Control Your Scroll: How to Demote Your Device and Reclaim Your Life

Control Your Scroll: How to Demote Your Device and Reclaim Your Life

by Elizabeth Tate
Control Your Scroll: How to Demote Your Device and Reclaim Your Life

Control Your Scroll: How to Demote Your Device and Reclaim Your Life

by Elizabeth Tate

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Overview

We need to be entertained. We want to be distracted. We don't focus. We can't stop or slow down. We feel purposeless. We wonder what it's all for.

Social media has become our means of socialization. Who will we be without it?

Like most of her Gen-Z peers, Elizabeth Tate can't remember life before the internet. She grew up online, where each mistake is documented, every post induces anxiety, and huge corporations profit off your fear of missing out.

But when the Covid-19 pandemic derailed her job and trapped her in online college classes, Elizabeth slid into a 24-7 doomscrolling binge that forced her to make a hard call: It was time to delete her social media accounts for good.

In Control Your Scroll, she shares the stories and research that convinced her to log off—and examines the richness of a more unplugged, more in-touch life. With honesty and a sense of humor, Elizabeth delivers real solutions and prompts you to ask yourself real questions.

Your relationship with tech doesn't have to be all-or-nothing. It's a long path. You will second guess yourself. You'll revert to your old habits. You will have to explain yourself to friends.

It's going to be kind of terrible. It's also going to be kind of beautiful. And it's going to be worth it. Just remember: Despite what Big Tech says, you have a choice.

You always have a choice.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781633311268
Publisher: Disruption Books
Publication date: 07/22/2025
Series: Disruption Curios
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 80
Sales rank: 230,723
Age Range: 12 Years

About the Author

Elizabeth Tate is a writer, speaker, and government consultant specializing in communications and organizational change. Elizabeth does not remember a time before high-speed Internet. Much of her work explores the influences of modern technology on the human psyche and the lived experiences of Generation Z. She lives in Washington, DC.
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