I used to spend 4+ hours on social media (including Reddit) and 2+ hours on messaging and work stuff. Cutting this down has been life changing.
I feel like my life has slowed down (in a good way) and I have time for all the things I’ve been wanting to do (read, meditate, exercise)
The biggest things that helped were:
- each time I reach for my phone I think “is this the best usage of mental energy right now?”
- I keep a book next to my phone so I can pick that up instead
- I use an app blocker with stricter settings than iOS screen time has (there are several good ones, I use Roots)
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