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Oh that 5 year old me, sneaking books under her covers with a blues clues flashlight that turned off every five minutes automatically with an audible ādoh duh dog duh doh duh dohhhā¦ DUH DOH!ā, could see me now: feeling violent amounts of shame for being on my phone at 3 in the morning. YOU ARE USING YOUR FREEDOM AS PER THE MISSION!!! She would say, and I try to agree. I hope sheās proud of me even when I canāt find the way to be. I know I feel that way about her.
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Feb 28, 2024
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There are a lot of phone haters on this app and I respect that.
I always thought ppl who slept with their phone out of reach were insane.
I have a hard time waking up in the morning, but I saw this video of this woman saying the sleep you get after your alarm goes off is so bad itās not even worth it. So set your alarm as late as you can and then just get up. This has really helped me so I donāt care if itās true and I donāt want to know unless it is.
if the phone is across the room I donāt scroll before bed, which Iām kinda mostly weaned off anyway, but I also donāt get that creepy fake fomo that makes me need to check it one last time before I close my eyes AND I also have to get up to turn the alarm off. And then I have a second to remember itās not worth getting back in bed.
Sometimes you even get a surprise text or something from after you put it down and that can be fun
I donāt know if phone is more good or bad. Easy to fetishize a āsimpler timeā I never even lived through. But I think we are in control of our destinies and donāt need it as much as we think. Real life is better.
This was about waking up to alarm but now itās about phone.
Ps I wrote this standing where I leave my phone for the night
Jan 22, 2025
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red light signals for our body to stimulate melatonin production :ā¢) (also - over the counter melatonin is actually a much higher concentration than what our bodies produce naturally, so it can have a paradoxically stimulating effect. red light is a good semi-natural substitute). i got a color-changing bulb and popped it into a paper lantern, both the brightness and the redness are adjustable and i use it as my reading lamp. knocks me outttt
screen time limits or what i like to call phone jail which is when i plug my phone in to charge on the opposite side of the house so if i want it past bedtime i have to Walk of Shameā¢
one of my ongoing plagues is racing thoughts š¤Ŗ i keep a notebook by my bed to scrawl down anything that is weaseling its way into my brain as i try to sleep. once it's out of my mind and on the page it seems more manageable and eases my mind.
lavender spray on pillow, cozy bedding that you like, cooling cream on ankles ~ lights out, baby š
Aug 5, 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 instagramā¢ļø 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:
š°ļø 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
š· I bought a small digital camera to leave in my bag. the pics look better and I donāt get distracted by the virtual world when I'm trying to capture something in the now
š 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 (donāt get me wrong) but I think my brain has healed at least 3%.
welcoming other ideas as wellš”
Sep 24, 2024
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