does anyone do the “do not have your phone in the bedroom” rule? or has experimented with it and gone back to having the phone in the bedroom bc it didn’t really do anything for you?

how has it helped? how is it different from not using the phone after a certain time and still leaving your phone in the bedroom?

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i’ve experimented with no laptop on the bed rule and it’s worked wonders for me for the past 18 months. 

oh and it always stays on the desk (when i didn’t have a desk, i left it outside on the sofa at night before i came to the bedroom)

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i've done that with sugar and snacks to lose weight last year and it worked so well. i definitely agree about the willpower thing you're talking about. 

atm, i intentionally put my phone on the bedside table and try to fall asleep by myself(or use music) instead of waiting to fall asleep with the phone in my hand. phone is set to go on sleep mode every night with the exceptions to receive calls/texts from family. 

maybe i'll try to leave it on my desk before i hop in to bed and see how that changes things. i already know it's going to be sooo difficult lol.

you know how they say that if you have a sweet tooth and leave a bowl of sweets in front of you all day, you'll constantly be draining your available willpower all day?

my phone is kinda like that, i often get random pangs of wanting to check it if it's on me or near me, sometimes i don't notice them if i'm not paying attention but they're there and have to constantly fight them in the background. especially if it's in my pocket.

once i put it on DND in the cradle, it mostly stops though. that said, when my willpower is weak i'll often mess with my phone far closer to going to sleep than i'd prefer and it does noticeably impact my sleep quality after.

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i do put my phone aside on my bedside table now, but i dont know how different it would be to leave it outside the room, hmm. glad it's worked so well for you m.

previously i would fall asleep holding it and my dad or mom would find it below shoulder or head or whatever when they came to wake me up or just check in in the morning 😂 

they knew i'd never place my phone in charging at night bc i'd be watching until the last second of falling asleep, so dad would come in early morning 5-6am put it on charge and leave. good god this is embarrassing to admit lol.

now that im alone, and away from everyone, im just in constant fear of missing an important call so even being on DND scares me but ive started doing that few hours a day so i can focus on tasks at hand.

have been doing this for years and life + sleep is better for it.

its a big improvement to sleep, but the only way i got comfortable with it was by having a digital or analog clock

realized quite often if i woke up at night before (esp before becoming a dad) i was mostly curious to find out what the time was, and then got sucked into reading things if i have my phone

Have been trying this and if I throw it on a charger elsewhere approx 2 hrs before I fall asleep I fall asleep more easily and don’t check any markets overnight.