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How to not use phone

The other day my phone wasn't charging for some reason and I had it off all day. I felt better and got more done and spent time with my family. No joke.

All I use it for is scrolling reddit, scrolling hexbear, listening to podcasts, and occasionally getting a text or phone call. Scrolling reddit in partucular is bad because i pretty much hate everything i see there, I dont know whats wrong with me. I can't just get rid of it because I like podcasts and need to get phone calls.

What do?

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  • Over a year ago I was trying to pare down my mobile tabs to reduce my orientation to the phone.

    Scrolling Hexbear has only made the tabs proliferate.

  • You have a dopamine deficiency that might be tied to an underlying psychiatric condition

    • Its ADD lol, im seeing a new doctor about it soon (i got the forms from my old doctor then procrastinated on doing them so long that she retired haha)

      • Seriously what's with the damn forms

        My provider was like the office will get in touch about setting up a test and they send over like 15 sheets my brother in Christ I have executive dysfunction

        "We see your leg is broken, please run the 40 yard dash so we can be sure"

        Luckily I procrastinated them so much that eventually my provider was like fuck it lets try you on adderall

        Concerta now but it's made a huge difference. I had been wanting to get into woodworking my whole life and have finally built a workbench and gotten tools together and stuff. It's been great at work too, much more confident. The incessant scrolling basically stopped

        I gotta up my dose though I notice I have been posting too much

  • I'd consider repurposing an old phone and making that your podcast/music player-only device. That way you have separation and you aren't getting sucked into endless scrolling and perpetual notifications. You could go one step further and buy a cheap brick phone. Use that for calls and texts.

    If you separate out your media device from your mainstream communication device from your algo-entertainment device you'll probably manage things better, especially if you keep your entertainment device powered down when you aren't using it. You could go a step further and use tablet for your entertainment device, locking down your current phone to only specific functions and apps.

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