Reducing Smartphone Addiction

I think it's more of an issue of availability. My smartphone is incredibly useful, but I spend too much time on it. Sometimes I just have to leave the phone at home, or put it on charger in a drawer somewhere and try to forget about it. Once I'm away from my phone for a little bit, my brain finds other things that are interesting.

Yes!I am using old nokia phone for 3 months now, I am not going back to my iphone. (means no whatsapp, banking, uber, reddit, hn, whatever)It took almost 1 week to get rid of the cravings "I am slightly bored, I *MUST* look at my phone"Now, I am just bored, I had forgotten how nice it is to be bored, I just stare at things, poke something with a stick, look for patterns, ask questions, have ideas.. etc; when I have a meeting and the other person doesn't show up on time, I

Because the answer is never "put down your phone and interact with the physical realm"

Take one week off where you don't use your phone as an experiment. This recently happened to me (unintentionally) and the difference in my day to day life was striking. Without socials/browser/HN in my pocket ready to consume my consciousness at the slightest hint of boredom, I found a calming sense of "head space" where I would organically think about things. I had lots of little "aha" moments as my brain naturally drifted towards what I'd been working on

I leave my dumbphone at home most of the time. Why would I need it? You should try living in the moment more often instead of staring at a screen, it’s good for you.

A phone is just a tiny computer. Everything these days are electronic, so getting by without it is annoying.Although, I think you could disable all notifications and train yourself to not impulsively look.

Potentially useful if one of my desired habits is to have fewer reasons to pick up my phone.

For me the solution was to make my phone super boring. It's basically a dumbphone with WhatsApp (because where I live WhatsApp == texting). It does have a browser but I can't get to it easily (basically i have to start some other app and trick it into starting a browser). No social networks. No games, etc. Maps is the most interactive app on my phone, by far. All that other stuff is for the computer.This works well for me (except weird quirks eg I sometimes take my laptop to

I've spent the last year or so trying to control my smartphone usage, by removing apps and trying to set rules for myself like "your phone stays in the kitchen for most of the day". I recently took the plunge and got rid of it entirely, and it was truly surprising to realise how much of my time and attention it had still taken, despite my best efforts.If you think you're ready for that step, I highly recommend it. Just as mindless browsing, refreshing, and scrolling is sel

Put down your phone, it's killing you. Get some sleep.