Your phone is destroying your dopamine and motivation.
Here are 6 simple tips to overcome your phone addiction:
Here are 6 simple tips to overcome your phone addiction:
Smart phone addiction is the silent cause of many people’s problems.
They include:
• Restlessness
• Sleep problems
• Anger or irritability
• Difficulty concentrating
• Craving access to your smartphone or other device
Sound like you?
Follow these 6 tips to fix it:
They include:
• Restlessness
• Sleep problems
• Anger or irritability
• Difficulty concentrating
• Craving access to your smartphone or other device
Sound like you?
Follow these 6 tips to fix it:
1) Curate your home screen
We’re starting with this because it’s the easiest.
Go to your home screen and remove any distracting apps.
Only keep the apps that are useful.
This keeps you focused and less tempted to pick up your phone.
We’re starting with this because it’s the easiest.
Go to your home screen and remove any distracting apps.
Only keep the apps that are useful.
This keeps you focused and less tempted to pick up your phone.
2) Delete unneeded apps.
Sort through your apps.
With each one, ask the questions:
A: “Does this app distract me all the time?”
If so, delete it.
B: “Does this app help me?”
If so, keep it.
But what if you lack self-control?
Sort through your apps.
With each one, ask the questions:
A: “Does this app distract me all the time?”
If so, delete it.
B: “Does this app help me?”
If so, keep it.
But what if you lack self-control?
3) Use an app blocker.
The best way to stop getting distracted?
Don’t make it an option.
Download an app blocker like:
• Flora
• Forest
• Freedom
These will block apps for designated times you set.
The best way to stop getting distracted?
Don’t make it an option.
Download an app blocker like:
• Flora
• Forest
• Freedom
These will block apps for designated times you set.
4) Use parental controls
Parental controls make it more difficult to access apps by requiring a PIN to access certain content.
More friction = Less chance of procrastination.
Here’s how to set up parental controls for iOS and Android:
Parental controls make it more difficult to access apps by requiring a PIN to access certain content.
More friction = Less chance of procrastination.
Here’s how to set up parental controls for iOS and Android:
How to setup parental controls to break your phone addiction for iOS:
1. Go to Settings
2. Tap Screen Time
3. Go to Content & Privacy Restrictions
4. Create a PIN
5. Select what content to filter
6. Then, go to iTunes & App Store Purchases and disable App Store installations
1. Go to Settings
2. Tap Screen Time
3. Go to Content & Privacy Restrictions
4. Create a PIN
5. Select what content to filter
6. Then, go to iTunes & App Store Purchases and disable App Store installations
How to setup parental controls to break your phone addiction for Android:
1. Open Google Play
2. Tap the profile icon
3. Tap family settings, parental controls
4. Create a PIN
5. Select what content to filter
1. Open Google Play
2. Tap the profile icon
3. Tap family settings, parental controls
4. Create a PIN
5. Select what content to filter
5) Throw away the key
Even with parental controls, you can access the apps if you know the password.
How do you fix this?
Generate a random passcode, write it down, and give it to someone.
This makes it impossible to access without contacting that person.
Even with parental controls, you can access the apps if you know the password.
How do you fix this?
Generate a random passcode, write it down, and give it to someone.
This makes it impossible to access without contacting that person.
6) Silence notifications
Notifications drain your energy and take you out of deep work.
Silence them.
As a result, you’ll be more present with your work, family, and friends.
Control your phone, don’t let it control you.
Notifications drain your energy and take you out of deep work.
Silence them.
As a result, you’ll be more present with your work, family, and friends.
Control your phone, don’t let it control you.
6 simple tips to overcome your phone addiction:
1. Curate your home screen
2. Delete unneeded apps
3. Use an app blocker
4. Use parental controls
5. Throw away the key
6. Silence notifications
1. Curate your home screen
2. Delete unneeded apps
3. Use an app blocker
4. Use parental controls
5. Throw away the key
6. Silence notifications
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