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I turned on black and white mode on my phone to be on it less, and it lowkey works so well it's crazy. I don't get any of the fun colors, and I realize there's nothing I really need to see on there and put it down.
Mar 16, 2025
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š²recently turned off (mostly) all immediate lockscreen notifications bc nothing is ever that important. only phone calls, facetimes, libby, and classpass allowed thru.
i also like to schedule notification summaries so my phone tells me just once a day what PI.FYI notifications iāve collected or what the Pattern app predicts heading my way, astrologically speaking. itās nice and doesnāt hold my attention for long.
pros: seeing texts pile up and feeling like most popular girl in the world, no twitchy reaction everytime phone lights up bc now i know its one of four things, incredible renewed ability to FOCUS on reading or drawing or literally anything else, not being pulled into depths of phone as much
cons: was trying to sell a chair and accidentally ignored this poor sweet girl for days, even on the nights she was free to pick up chairā¦like just forgot ab itā¦ thankfully she just showed up and conversed w my roommate like olden times and i was hollered at while watching Love is Blind
iām also switching to greyscale so it makes everything look boring. i need all the help i can get iāll be so fr this wretched device!!!!
i also like to schedule notification summaries so my phone tells me just once a day what PI.FYI notifications iāve collected or what the Pattern app predicts heading my way, astrologically speaking. itās nice and doesnāt hold my attention for long.
pros: seeing texts pile up and feeling like most popular girl in the world, no twitchy reaction everytime phone lights up bc now i know its one of four things, incredible renewed ability to FOCUS on reading or drawing or literally anything else, not being pulled into depths of phone as much
cons: was trying to sell a chair and accidentally ignored this poor sweet girl for days, even on the nights she was free to pick up chairā¦like just forgot ab itā¦ thankfully she just showed up and conversed w my roommate like olden times and i was hollered at while watching Love is Blind
iām also switching to greyscale so it makes everything look boring. i need all the help i can get iāll be so fr this wretched device!!!!
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It's so tempting, but I haven't been able to fully commit to a dumb phone! Instead, I tried to make my smartphone a lil bit dumber by:
- using a minimal launcher app (I use OLauncher) to basically limit your home screen and make it boring - deleting most social media apps and only checking them occasionally in a web browser where they're harder to scroll on and kind of annoying to use - turning off history on apps like YouTube so they can't give me recommendations, meaning I really only use it when I have something in mind that I want to look up - turning off notifications for non-messaging based apps-- even pi.fyi - only having time waster games that you aren't forced to check regularly, like I love hue
- using a minimal launcher app (I use OLauncher) to basically limit your home screen and make it boring - deleting most social media apps and only checking them occasionally in a web browser where they're harder to scroll on and kind of annoying to use - turning off history on apps like YouTube so they can't give me recommendations, meaning I really only use it when I have something in mind that I want to look up - turning off notifications for non-messaging based apps-- even pi.fyi - only having time waster games that you aren't forced to check regularly, like I love hue
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as a side effect of my job (and being me): I am chronically online and trying to fix that. this is my new home screen on my iPhone 15 Pro. I installed an app blocker so that when I shift into my custom minimal focus, only the default apps and what is on my home screen function.
its only been a few days but this paired with journaling when Iām āboredā instead of endlessly scrolling has already had a positive effect on my mental health. I can still freely browse on my desktop, but my phone is slowly turning into less and less of a dopamine sink and I think Iām gonna stick with it!!
Feb 8, 2024
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