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Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and in today’s video, I’ll give you some tips for curing your Fortnite addiction.  I did a video a little while ago for parents and talked about how addictive the video game Fortnite is.  So, reading through the comments, I can tell most of the views on that video are not by parents — it’s mostly teenage boys, who are clearly searching “Fortnite Addiction” on YouTube.  Since I’m a middle aged parent, not every viewer likes my message, but there were a couple of comments from kids who are legitimately trying to find a way to quit or cut down on Fortnite use, so I thought I’d do a video on tips for that.  Addiction Here’s one thing to be happy about —  Fortnite is not a chemical addiction like nicotine or heroin.  It’s behavioral like food addictions or shop lifting.  That doesn’t mean it is easy to break, but you aren’t having to battle both your brain and your body. You jus...

Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and in today’s video I’ll share some ideas on how make lasting habit change and to stick to New Years resolutions this year using Google Forms and Boomerang.  This is the time of year, when everyone is geared up for habit change.  We are ready to turn over a new leaf, straighten up and fly right, make a fresh start.  This year we are going to behave differently than we did last year!  I’m not an expert on behavior change, but I AM a lifelong student, so I’ll share a little of what I have learned and some tech tools i use to support these efforts.  First,  Smaller changes are more likely to stick.  We’ve all tried to do a giant system overhaul like going on the Paleo diet, or exercising or meditating for an hour a day.  I don’t want to say those things are doomed to fail, but it is unlikely that you’ll make it a full 3 weeks doing any of those things.  And maybe th...