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The start of this was like reading an account of most days for me, so I think you nailed that for a lot of people.

I averaged out my screentime from January and it was ~7 hours a day! I have my excuses, Audiobooks/maps in the car, Youtube Sleep music to go to sleep too, but whichever way you look at it that's ridiculous!

Phantom distractions you say? I feel my phone vibrating in my pocket when it's in my hand!

It's early days for me, I've only been on the less screentime train for a couple of days, but the real nobrainer for me has been turning off notifications for things like email and Substack. Those were the things that pinged the most. Then as you said, keep the phone out of mind. I used to have it on my desk as almost an extra screen, now I put it in my coat pocket so if I want to check it I have to get up.

Great read, I like your writing style.

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