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But That's The Trick To Keep You Inside The Phone

But That's The Trick To Keep You Inside The Phone

1. Your phone trying to cop around how much you use your devices is like a booze maker helping you track how much booze you should drink.

2. Because they want to keep you alive: you are the consumer after all, and you must be around to consume.

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How many hours per day can you stare at your phone?

How many hours per day can you stare at your phone?

Eight? Four? Twenty? One? Here’s the truth: Screen time doesn’t matter.

1. It’s not about how much. It’s about whether your phone is a needy, attention-sucking vampire.

2. That’s why the main metric tracked by screen time apps is deceptive: ten minutes of shooting crack cocaine intrav...

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Is your phone a helpful assistant or a demanding boss?

Is your phone a helpful assistant or a demanding boss?

When it helps you to check in on your partner, to get directions, or to edit photos professionally, time doesn’t matter as much—does it?

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Think For Yourself

Think For Yourself

Go on, spend 4 hours on an app. Just make sure you decided to—and that you feel those 4 hours are life well spent.

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Better Ways To Evaluate Quality, Not Quantity, Of Screen Time

Better Ways To Evaluate Quality, Not Quantity, Of Screen Time

  • Does this app do its job and then politely step aside?
  • Does it linger in your brain like an awkward party guest at 2:30 A.M. after everyone else already left?
  • Did I summon this app, or did it summon me via notifications?

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  • Don't look at your screen immediately after waking up. Use an analog alarm and keep your phone on the other side of the room.

Break the Worry Habit Before It Breaks You

1. Keep busy.

2. Don’t fuss about trifles.

3. Use the law of averages to outlaw your worries.

4. Cooperate with the inevitable.

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How To Stop Doom Scrolling

Possible ways to stop or minimize doom scrolling can be:

  1. Keep a track of how much time you spend on social media doing nothing, identifying the negative frequency.
  2. Set a timer or use the inbuilt apps to close the doomscrolling feeds.
  3. Establish a time to put your pho...

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