On fighting Distraction

Other keywords: phone-dependence / phone addiction / interruption addiction

Figured out that most of the below and more are amazingly articulated in Center for Humane Technology’s “Take Control” article.

• Processes
  • remove apps
  • deactivate social accounts
  • add screen time limits
  • activate Do Not Disturb modes that don’t allow any form of instant notification, even multiple successive calls
    • you will be surprised by how infrequently or rarily something truly urgent needs you and how ppl will get very creative in reaching you if absolutely needed
  • disable unuseful notifications from appearing on home screen
  • remove irrelevant and unuseful apps from screens
  • declutter/limit the number of apps pages
  • limit number of apps/icons per screen
  • disable email notifiactions from social accounts (if necessary, leave on DMs notifiactions)
  • use social accounts from the browser vs. dedicated app
  • write through proxy services (ex: Buffer to post on social media, if absolultely needed)
• Go out without your phone for long walks to explore, try new things
• Be unreachable
• Go to a book store and read table of contents, find a section that catches your curiosity and start reading it