Use an app if you have to. I like to turn on a podcast and put my phone down for an hour while I get moving for the day. Objects at rest stay at rest.
I used to be a day-off bedrotter but no longer! You can do it!
May 6, 2024
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regain your time. screenzen allows you to create very detailed limits and schedules for your app usage. for example i only let myself open instagram 5 times a day for 5 minutes at a time. I only let myself access podcasts on the weekends (to create more time for quality music listening.)
our time and attention is the most valuable thing in the world and its absurd to think our will power is stronger than our phone addictions.
once youre free from the distractions you can do anything!!!
Jan 17, 2025
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Maybe I should have put this in ask… because I say this. It’s 8am in chicago. I’m logged the fuck on 😭
It’s so difficult. I’ve been talking to my therapist about the way I’ve let socials rot my brain & behavior in some ways.
im Trying to slowly implement this & trying to not get down on myself for days like today.
The days where I don’t get online first thing in the morning this week have felt really great. More focused & starts the day out right
Any advice? How do y’all limit socials in the morning?
Sep 26, 2024
i have been on a journey to untangle my tasks from my iPhone.
i'd be out in the world someplace, pull out my phone for something as menial as checking the time, or as well intentioned as capturing the moment in a pic, and immediately get sucked into texts and instagram™️ and all the virtual things happening in this tiny lil demon light box.
the goal: pull my phone out of my bag ONLY for phone things. that's texting, calling, and apps that can't be replaced
the solutions so far:
🕰️ i started with a watch (shoutout Casio) and i wear it every day. once I broke the habit of checking my phone for the time, I felt legitimately freed from something Major
📷 I bought a small digital camera to leave in my bag. the pics look better and I don’t get distracted by the virtual world when I'm trying to capture something in the now
📚 I bought a kindle. It fits in my jacket pocket (literally) and gives me something to do when I'm on the train or waiting for an appointment that isn't scrolling
I just realized so much of the time I spent on my phone was not intentional. It was a thing I was doing in between Other intentional moments. my screen time is still several hours a day (don’t get me wrong) but I think my brain has healed at least 3%.
welcoming other ideas as well💡
Sep 24, 2024
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