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I spend too much time on my phone. And while a good chunk of that is work-related, I can’t blame it all on the job. I’m a doomscroller, whiling away far too much time reading up on things that will annoy right about the time I should be putting the phone to one side to go to sleep.
I have tried different things to make my phone less appealing or accessible. Greyscale the screen? It lasted a couple of days before I realised I couldn’t find any of the apps I needed. That meant I was actually spending more time on my phone rather than less, because it took me twice as long to find what I wanted.
Time limits? Tried that too. They only work if you don’t know the code to bypass it. Ditto for “sleep mode” on apps.
I’m not alone in this.
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