I’ve been having great success in reducing my “terminally online” behaviour, so I’m going even further:

⏲️ app limits 
🧘 focus modes and offline hours
📰 monochromatic mode

🆕 hiding social apps to avoid temptation during leisure time

the goal is not disconnection, but intentional use only

It’s working. Less than one hour per day on average since adding this new friction. 

My mood is brighter, I’m using my free time to do university coursework, enjoy my hobbies, and go for walks.

I want to be clear: I love the positive aspects of social networking, and I have no plan of disconnecting completely but I want to take back control and live life in a more intentional way.

This is one of my tricks too. 

Turning the phone monochromatic makes things so much less interesting to engage with. I leave it easily toggle-able though so I can look at things in colour like photos when needed. 

Where possible I want to train myself to choose the better option, rather than relying on excessive constraints that can become a crutch. 

I want to want to choose the best option, not be forced to. But, as I showed with the hidden folders thing, sometimes just putting something out of sight can be enough to break the compulsion.

writing stuff about tech + decentralization over on blog.thumbsup.me

unreal reality  /misha 🪨 mishaderidder.eth.limo glitch.mishaderidder.com 

Discord on desktop only, and rarely these days since I stopped working for DAOs; Telegram I have always avoided.

no Discord, Telegram 😅? (not sure where I spend most of my time, prob Discord)