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Honestly, I just don't install Facebook, Twitter, etc. so I only open the mobile or desktop sites when I want to read them (not every time I get a notification)
by soylentcola 10y ago
Honestly, I just don't install Facebook, Twitter, etc. so I only open the mobile or desktop sites when I want to read them (not every time I get a notification).
Otherwise, I just keep notifications off for most things other than work email and leave my phone on silent for the vast majority of the time. I still get calls and messages but I'm not constantly being pulled away from what I'm doing because my phone is beeping again.
As an ADHD-type person, it's one of many ways I've found to reduce distraction and interruption when I need or want to be doing something else. I do leave a charger at my bedside (and my desk, and my car, etc...basically anywhere I plan to be sitting for more than an hour at a time). This is probably just a throwback to the early smartphone days when you needed to keep your device topped off whenever possible since you never knew when you might need to (gasp) use it and kill the battery in a few hours. Not really an issue nowadays but the habit remains. Still, silent/quiet hours make a big difference.
- Bartweiss 10y agoThis is basically my approach too, and I haven't felt any need to step it up to the things in the article. I keep phone chargers at work and by the bed, but I've got an old phone that I don't trust to wake me up. At night, Twilight and silent mode mean I'm not having my sleep delayed or interrupted. During the day, texts and calls get vibrate, but everything else just gets a status bar icon. My news apps are slow to change (BBC) and social media only gets opened in browser via links. Problem solved.