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This seems like a kind of overfitting. The phone itself isn't a problem, at least as concerns the fear machine. On the other hand, staying linked to Facebook is
by indigochill 5y ago
This seems like a kind of overfitting. The phone itself isn't a problem, at least as concerns the fear machine. On the other hand, staying linked to Facebook is a problem. I make regular daily use of my phone, but the use is limited to:
* Email
* Select communication channels (Slack/Signal/etc)
* Reading books offline (I download them in advance)
* Bus pass
* Flashcards
* A couple of offline ad-free games
I deny push notifications on all apps without exception. If someone needs to get hold of me, they have my number.
With this approach, I feel like my phone is a value-adding tool rather than feeling like it's tethering me to anything I don't want to be part of.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoFlashcards? That's doesn't seem to have much to do with ending a phone addiction?
- klipt 5y agoNever used Anki?
- stjohnswarts 5y agoYeah I use that style for some notes on Obsidian when I'm learning new things.
- mlyle 5y agoFlash cards, in the sense of-- things that show you questions you're trying to memorize/learn the answers to. Not like, cards with flash memory on them. The person uses their phone for contained things that are not likely to cause a faux-social-reward-cycle.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoAh gotcha.