> 1. Inconvenience based solutions don't address the problem To some degree. But they do give space for alternatives to start to fill the gap. For me, a behav

> 1. Inconvenience based solutions don't address the problem To some degree. But they do give space for alternatives to start to fill the gap. For me, a behavior modification strategy called narrowing antecedent control has worked well: restricting my phone and Internet usage to a specific spot in my office. I found I was reaching for my devices automatically throughout the day and night and would waste hours surfing without realizing it. Obviously, removing the distraction doesn't automatically resolve whatever underlying issue caused the user to compulsively seek it out. But you find you can't just do nothing, so you start to get creative, and alternatives start to appear.