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In addition to what others have already suggested, I’ve had pretty good luck with creating a separate screen for apps I’m ”allowed” any time while deleting or putting on a different screen/folder the apps I’m trying to limit. So for example my email, texts, notes app, DuoLingo and Kindle app are the only ones visible, encouraging me to read or write or study or catch up with friends rather than scroll infinitely on social media. That way if I’m still struggling to limit overall screen time (which I try to do by leaving my phone on the charger most of the day when possible), I feel like I’m at least making better use (for me personally) of the screen time I might be craving. 😅
Oct 29, 2024
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deleting apps you don't need + decluttering apps off the home screen if you don't use it everyday, viewing or deleting every visible notification, and tucking instagram deep in the "other apps" group so i can slowly train myself not to just open it on autopilot when i look at my phone. what's your ideal home screen?
Dec 9, 2024
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as a side effect of my job (and being me): I am chronically online and trying to fix that. this is my new home screen on my iPhone 15 Pro. I installed an app blocker so that when I shift into my custom minimal focus, only the default apps and what is on my home screen function.
its only been a few days but this paired with journaling when I’m “bored” instead of endlessly scrolling has already had a positive effect on my mental health. I can still freely browse on my desktop, but my phone is slowly turning into less and less of a dopamine sink and I think I’m gonna stick with it!!
Feb 8, 2024
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It's so tempting, but I haven't been able to fully commit to a dumb phone! Instead, I tried to make my smartphone a lil bit dumber by:
- using a minimal launcher app (I use OLauncher) to basically limit your home screen and make it boring - deleting most social media apps and only checking them occasionally in a web browser where they're harder to scroll on and kind of annoying to use - turning off history on apps like YouTube so they can't give me recommendations, meaning I really only use it when I have something in mind that I want to look up - turning off notifications for non-messaging based apps-- even pi.fyi - only having time waster games that you aren't forced to check regularly, like I love hue
- using a minimal launcher app (I use OLauncher) to basically limit your home screen and make it boring - deleting most social media apps and only checking them occasionally in a web browser where they're harder to scroll on and kind of annoying to use - turning off history on apps like YouTube so they can't give me recommendations, meaning I really only use it when I have something in mind that I want to look up - turning off notifications for non-messaging based apps-- even pi.fyi - only having time waster games that you aren't forced to check regularly, like I love hue
2d ago
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bc it’s what I originally wanted when I first went to college at 17 but I was scared to make writing my job and got a B.S. in Nutrition instead lol
Now the goal is an eventual PhD in Victorian Literature but I’m just happy to have made it through this part at 32!
Stacked is everything I read in my English courses—barely pictured are the 5 stuffed accordion folders of other reading materials under my chair haha
Now the goal is an eventual PhD in Victorian Literature but I’m just happy to have made it through this part at 32!
Stacked is everything I read in my English courses—barely pictured are the 5 stuffed accordion folders of other reading materials under my chair haha
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🏆conflusional. delonfident, even
Oct 1, 2024