The morning starts with me eagerly grabbing my phone to see what new messages I have. The day ends with me frustrated that I have wasted my day on my phone reading and seeing things that are useless to me.
I will admit it. I am addicted to my phone. There is a natural cycle I go through with certain notorious apps. I use them often. Then I get to a breaking point and delete the app. Then after a few months, I re-download them because of their utility. I want to see what is going on with friends, the world, and memes. Then the frustration at the endless scrolling returns and they get deleted. Apps where it is just friends like Snapchat or messages I can handle but others like YouTube and Twitter I fall into for hours on end. Those hours were almost always unproductive, which makes me frustrated and feel empty.
So how to control your phone? Get rid of all notifications. Important apps can have notifications but not ones that buzz your phone. Delete and keep deleted the notorious apps that are hyper addicting to you. If they are fun/useful in moderation you can use them on your computer but only once a week. Another good tip is to say out loud what you are doing as you get out your phone so you do not get distracted by some other task.
::Control your phone, don’t let it control you::