I need my phone to keep an eye on some work stuff + elderly parents on WhatsApp, but clearly parts of the phone are neurologically optimized to keep me distracted (and it works!)
So what are other good ways to fight this?
A neat app would be a 5' slow fade off that eventually locks your phone. You can just unlock to keep going but at least you know 5' have gone by.
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I used to think the phone was important, but my phone has been off for 6 months now. Needed to inform work and people but everyone is fine with it now. Most comms are email now. If there is something critical there is an always on device that alerts me.
- I have my phone permanently on "do not disturb" and only made exceptions for important colleagues, SO and parents. In those cases my phone actually makes a sound so I don't need to keep an eye on it. - I don't put any distracting apps (including browsers) on the home-screen of my phone. Making it a little bit harder to find them makes me often not bother. - No social media apps on my phone. - I used Leechblocker in the past to have me wait 30 seconds before entering sites like this. It worked but I started to find ways around it like using another browser.
I myself gotten a non-smart feature phone as secondary device with a MultiSIM - i.e. both my smartphone and my feature phone ring when I get a phone call, and I can take it on any device. I also told my close contacts to call instead of text as I might be without smartphone. If I want focus time, I turn off the smart-phone or leave it at home.