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Rose Honey Morgan
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    How to Cut Your Doomscrolling in Half (Apparently)

    02/03/2026 | 19 mins.
    If your screen time is creeping up…
    If your phone feels impossible to put down…
    If the real world is starting to look a bit dull by comparison…

    This week I’m testing a free, surprisingly simple method that claims to reduce doomscrolling fast.

    No apps.
    No discipline hacks.
    No expensive “digital detox” retreats.

    Just one setting change.

    In this episode we discuss:

    How color and contrast hijack your dopamine system
    Why overstimulation can make the real world feel flat
    The “gray scale” method and how to set it up
    And why I realised I needed to fix this — urgently

    I’m committing to a full week of gray scale to see if it genuinely reduces screen time.

    If you try it too, let me know what happens.

    The Instructions
    To enable grayscale on an iPhone, navigate to Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Color Filters, then toggle "Color Filters" on and select "Grayscale"
    To turn on grayscale on Android, go to Settings > Digital Wellbeing & parental controls > Bedtime mode and enable "Grayscale"

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    @field.notes.pod

    I’ll report back with the results.

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    Field Report: No Processed Food for 4 Days (Was It Worth It?)

    27/02/2026 | 11 mins.
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    ANYWAY
    I’m back from the front lines.

    Four whole days.
    Zero processed food.
    Planned, chopped, cooked, washed up.
    Repeated.
    Never again.

    In this episode we discuss:

    The emotional toll of planning three meals a day like a Victorian housewife
    Whether chopping board dinners are secretly genius
    Why cheeseboard dinner is an elite parenting hack
    The M&S “non-UPF” range (sausages, buns, ketchup — full review)
    Migraines, morale, and missing Biscoff
    Being dropped by my first big brand deal and spiralling publicly
    Whether I should sell my soul for a podcast editor
    And if early death from crisps is simply a trade-off I’m willing to make

    The experiment verdict?

    Did I feel superhuman?
    No.

    Did I feel morally superior?
    Briefly.

    Did I miss ready meals with my entire being?
    Yes.

    🧀 FIND OF THE WEEK

    Cheeseboard dinner.
    Elevated picky bits.
    Zero guilt.
    Highly recommend.

    ❌ FAIL OF THE WEEK

    Everything else.

    If you’ve cracked the code on eating well without turning it into a full-time job, tell me.

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    @field.notes.pod

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    How to Avoid Processed Food When You Hate Cooking

    23/02/2026 | 15 mins.
    Last week I tried going ultra-processed-food-free.

    I lasted one day.

    Then I got violently ill.

    Was it the chicken?
    Was it soft play?
    Was it karma for mocking chopping-board influencers?

    Unclear.

    This week is Take 2.

    Because the real question isn’t “Is processed food bad?”

    It’s:

    How on earth are we supposed to avoid it if we can’t cook and don’t have a private chef?

    In this episode we discuss:

    My catastrophic attempt at roasting a chicken
    Why I owe chopping-board people an apology
    Cottage cheese and berries (I’m still not convinced)
    The alarming bacteria situation on cutting boards
    The new M&S “UPF-free” range
    Why modern health advice quietly assumes unlimited time
    Whether there’s a realistic middle ground between crisps and grinding your own flour

    I’m trialling:

    The single-ingredient chopping board approach
    The M&S UPF-free range
    And whatever I can manage without poisoning myself again

    I’ll report back properly in Friday’s Field Report.

    If you have:

    Healthy ready meal recommendations
    Low-effort meal hacks
    Or thoughts on whether I’ve lost the plot

    Tell me.

    📲 DM me on Instagram:
    @rosehoneymorgan
    @field.notes.pod

    I read them. I respond. I occasionally take your advice.

    Private chef reel link : https://www.instagram.com/reel/CteX-QfMvkD/?igsh=cjR4bzNlOHM2eGU3

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    Field Report: The UPF Free Experiment Has Gone Badly Wrong

    20/02/2026 | 1 mins.
    This week’s update is… brief.

    After confidently declaring I would attempt a week of ultra-processed-food-free living, I made it:

    👉 One day.

    And now I am recording this hunched over a sick bowl in what can only be described as the pink fluffy gown of shame.

    Is it norovirus?
    Is it food poisoning?
    Is it my body rebelling against actual vegetables?

    We do not yet know.

    What we do know:
    • Cooking is dangerous
    • My stomach muscles are shot
    • The commitment to this podcast remains intact

    Full debrief on Monday — assuming I survive.



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    Ultra-Processed Foods: Are They Actually Killing Us? (Because I Eat Them Constantly)

    16/02/2026 | 29 mins.
    This week on Field Notes, we enter the land of: Ultra-Processed Food.

    According to certain very serious doctors on the internet, UPFs are now:

    “The leading cause of early death on planet earth. Ahead of tobacco.”

    Cool.

    Not dramatic at all.

    So naturally, I’ve decided to test whether cutting them out for a week will:

    Improve my migraines
    Reduce my exhaustion
    Fix my yo-yo weight history
    Or simply make me feral and resentful

    Because unfortunately… most of the things listed as “ultra-processed” are the things I actually eat.

    🥪 In This Episode We Discuss:

    What actually counts as Ultra-Processed Food (and how inconsistent the definitions are)
    The claim that UPFs are worse than tobacco
    The inflammation / microbiome argument
    The counter-argument from registered dietitians
    Whether the research is observational or causal
    Food anxiety vs legitimate health concern
    My chaotic personal diet
    Growing up on enforced raw spinach
    Cheese-based GCSE breakdowns
    Yo-yo weight cycles and hyper-palatable food
    Ozempic changing the household food dynamic
    Whether non-UPF eating is realistic with children
    Why I eat like a 19-year-old boy with a student loan
    And whether “whole foods” are actually practical in real life

    🍽 Personal Context (Aka Why This Is a Problem)

    My current diet includes:

    Fistfuls of turkey
    Salt & vinegar crisps
    Tuna pasta
    Mushroom coffee
    Minimal fruit
    Suspiciously little fibre

    Meanwhile the internet is telling me my gut lining is dissolving and my liver is weeping.

    So this week I attempt to go:

    👉 UPF-Free (or as close as I can manage)

    And we’ll see whether:

    My energy changes
    My migraines shift
    My mood improves
    Or whether I simply miss crisps

    🧠 Bigger Questions

    Are we pathologising modern food?
    Is this another wellness panic?
    Or is the hyper-palatable environment genuinely wrecking us?
    Can a busy parent realistically cook everything from scratch?
    And why does cutting processed food feel so emotionally loaded?

    👵 Guru & Granny Returns

    This week’s dilemma:

    “I’ve narrowed it down to three husband contenders. How do I choose?”

    Featuring:

    The Strong Stomach Theory™
    The Chap Olympiad
    Escape room testing
    Vomit resilience
    And a brief detour into secret families

    You’re welcome.

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    Join the book club / self-improvement group chat over on Substack.

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    You’ll get:

    Weekly practical breakdowns
    Private podcast episodes
    Cheat sheets
    Knowledge topics
    And a place to collectively sort ourselves out

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    Owns at least three types of oat milk
    Is suspicious of emulsifiers
    Or eats crisps in the car and calls it “lunch”

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About Field Notes

FIELD NOTES is a weekly experiment in self-improvement, psychology and modern life, tested badly in public.Hosted by Rose Honey Morgan, a writer with an anthropology background, the show is for people who consume a lot of advice and still feel overwhelmed, overstimulated, and unsure what to actually do with it.Each week, one idea is filtered and tested in real life, outside of perfect conditions, then reported on honestly in short Field Reports.The aim isn’t optimisation. It’s clarity. Fewer tabs open. Less guilt. A better sense of what’s worth trying, and what can be safely ignored.New episodes every Monday, with short Friday Field Reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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