A guide to reduce screen time
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A guide to reduce screen time
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Re: A guide to reduce screen time
#2Another tip is that even HN has some screen time features. If you go to your profile, you can play around with the "noprocrast", "maxvisit", and "minaway" options.
When noprocrast is on, you may only view HN for maxvisit minutes at a time, and must stay away for minaway minutes before returning. (taken from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3677504)
Re: A guide to reduce screen time
#3My cell phone lives in my sock drawer with the only exception being when I take it out for GPS. Otherwise, I have fully replaced my mobile computing with my Daylight Computer tablet. I feel like I have a much healthier relationship with this thing than I had with my cell phone. The lack of color and the lack of notifications has made my usage feel way more intentional. Before, I wanted to kick my habit of scrolling social media before I got out of bed in the morning, but I didn't actively work on that. One day, I simply realized I had kicked the habit without even trying!
Not having a phone on me at all times to cope with boring or awkward moments has really been eye opening, and I believe very healthy for me. Especially as someone who has had a phone on me for my teenage years and throughout most of my adult life thus far.
Re: A guide to reduce screen time
#4My cell phone lives in my sock drawer with the only exception being when I take it out for GPS. Otherwise, I have fully replaced my mobile computing with my Daylight Computer tablet. I feel like I have a much healthier relationship with this thing than I had with my cell phone. The lack of color and the lack of notifications has made my usage feel way more intentional. Before, I wanted to kick my habit of scrolling s…
It's awesome to see a Daylight Computer user in the wild :)
Did you also try out an e-paper phone at some point? And how are you doing in terms of connecting with friends and so on?
Re: A guide to reduce screen time
#5My cell phone lives in my sock drawer with the only exception being when I take it out for GPS. Otherwise, I have fully replaced my mobile computing with my Daylight Computer tablet. I feel like I have a much healthier relationship with this thing than I had with my cell phone. The lack of color and the lack of notifications has made my usage feel way more intentional. Before, I wanted to kick my habit of scrolling s…
It's awesome to see a Daylight Computer user in the wild :) Did you also try out an e-paper phone at some point? And how are you doing in terms of connecting with friends and so on?
The only other e-paper device that I had was a small nook many years ago. As far as connecting with people, I think quite well? The only social media I really use is bluesky, which has been really nice. Otherwise I keep in touch with my meatspace friends either over SMS (I use JMP Chat for SMS over XMPP on any device) or Signal (I use the molly.im client, which is easier to use without a cell phone (particularly because you can't scan QR codes on the Daylight)).
Ironically I actually feel like I experience far less FOMO than when I was hyper connected too :P
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#6Most of these tools are focused on blocking apps. I read everything through browser.
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#7Most of these tools are focused on blocking apps. I read everything through browser.
Many of the tools mentioned also support blocking websites, fwiw. This includes ScreenZen on Android and pretty much any app on iOS (it's easier to implement it there)
Re: A guide to reduce screen time
#8I’ve scrolled through the article and another tip would be: Have an alternative.
You can’t just go from screentime to no screentime if you have nothing to do off the screen, plan some activities.
Re: A guide to reduce screen time
#9I’ve scrolled through the article and another tip would be: Have an alternative. You can’t just go from screentime to no screentime if you have nothing to do off the screen, plan some activities.
Been there, done that. Listen to the person above me.
I tried to do that in the past when I my depression was more severe. I thought that'd help me, but I replaced staring at my screen with staring at wall or just sleeping.
Re: A guide to reduce screen time
#10I’ve scrolled through the article and another tip would be: Have an alternative. You can’t just go from screentime to no screentime if you have nothing to do off the screen, plan some activities.
Been there, done that. Listen to the person above me. I tried to do that in the past when I my depression was more severe. I thought that'd help me, but I replaced staring at my screen with staring at wall or just sleeping.
What do you mean -- you couldn't find something else to do?