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I have a few rules and habits that helped me kick. They might help you? Never to walk down the street looking at my phone. Eyes on the road. If I need to look
by rendall 4y ago
I have a few rules and habits that helped me kick. They might help you?
Never to walk down the street looking at my phone. Eyes on the road. If I need to look at my phone, I stop somewhere out of the way of foot traffic.
All notifications are silent except calls or text messages from specific people. Calls from people I don't know and text messages get only a slow blinking light. Social media get no notifications.
When I am with someone or a group in person, phone goes away.
If I wouldn't allow someone to interrupt a conversation, the phone doesn't either. I won't answer it if someone is talking to me, especially something important. When there's a pause in the conversation, I'll ask politely to check to see who called.
Finally, and this might be the biggest, I am constantly listening to audiobooks and podcasts. It scratches that itch of needing constant stimulation, but I can still be aware of everything around me.
- bamboozled 4y agoDo you listen to audiobooks and podcasts while working? I code for work and I actually find myself increasingly doing this. Sometimes when I really have to focus I stop it but ultimately, it doesn't feel so bad.
- rendall 4y agoI do too, but if I have to learn something new or step through complex logic, then I have to pause.