I empathise. You can get a quick win just by using a Focus mode. Just make sure that it hides notifications on the home screen, and I’ve set it to dim the home

I empathise. You can get a quick win just by using a Focus mode. Just make sure that it hides notifications on the home screen, and I’ve set it to dim the home screen so that it’s visually different. The habit of walking past your phone – which, needless to say should not just be in your pocket all day – and hitting the screen to see what’s come in is neatly broken. Because now you can’t see what’s come in, you have to stop, bend over, unlock it. Now that’s an actual thing that you have to do. That’s enough to cause my brain to say, no, you don’t need to do that. And I’ve found the needless-check-of-notifications cycle breaks itself quite naturally. This assumes you can just leave your phone somewhere. I’m working from home so it can just sit in a corner of the office. Bonus points if you hide it in a drawer. Edit: also, this lets anyone messaging you know that you’re in a DND-like mode. When I see this, I think, okay cool, don’t expect an immediate response. All good.