The average American spends 5.4 hours a day on their phone.
Life is passing by for the permanently distracted.
Here’re 6 ways you can win back control of your attention today 🧵
Life is passing by for the permanently distracted.
Here’re 6 ways you can win back control of your attention today 🧵
Why should you care?
The heights of your achievements are tied to the depth of your focus.
You need to make sure nothing has uninterrupted access to your greatest asset:
Your mind👇
The heights of your achievements are tied to the depth of your focus.
You need to make sure nothing has uninterrupted access to your greatest asset:
Your mind👇
Go Grey
Remove visual stimulation, and you’re left with information.
You realise how much is trash. Mindless scrolling disappears.
Suddenly, the beauty of the real world seems a better source for your attention.
Google 'Greyscale'
And see how different your phone is.
Remove visual stimulation, and you’re left with information.
You realise how much is trash. Mindless scrolling disappears.
Suddenly, the beauty of the real world seems a better source for your attention.
Google 'Greyscale'
And see how different your phone is.
Pavlov’s iPhone
That pull you feel when your screen lights up?
That’s addiction.
A dopamine hit associated to stimulus.
How about this:
You decide when you look at your phone.
No notifications.
It will feel strange,
But I guarantee you’ll find peace as a result.
That pull you feel when your screen lights up?
That’s addiction.
A dopamine hit associated to stimulus.
How about this:
You decide when you look at your phone.
No notifications.
It will feel strange,
But I guarantee you’ll find peace as a result.
Screw the System
Beware businesses that profit from your distraction.
Our minds are easy to manipulate, and they have every resource to do so.
Take note from James Clear:
Design your environment to encourage success.
Remove the news and all social media from your phone.
Beware businesses that profit from your distraction.
Our minds are easy to manipulate, and they have every resource to do so.
Take note from James Clear:
Design your environment to encourage success.
Remove the news and all social media from your phone.
Stop Upgrading
The biggest trick they play is persuading you that you need a new phone.
Honestly,
Who the fuck needs 3 camera lenses?
There’s reduced marginal utility each year. So they invest more in ads & endorsements.
You're not buying a phone. You're being sold status.
The biggest trick they play is persuading you that you need a new phone.
Honestly,
Who the fuck needs 3 camera lenses?
There’s reduced marginal utility each year. So they invest more in ads & endorsements.
You're not buying a phone. You're being sold status.
Protect Your Time
Phones are great.
But so is life without.
If you set rules where you don’t go on them, you get the best of both worlds.
The 1st hour of your morning. Deep work sessions. Time with family.
Be more present, and use your phone as a reward.
Phones are great.
But so is life without.
If you set rules where you don’t go on them, you get the best of both worlds.
The 1st hour of your morning. Deep work sessions. Time with family.
Be more present, and use your phone as a reward.
Pull the Plug
Sometimes, you gotta go bigger.
Hit the big red button.
Remember the Nokia 3310?
Go buy one.
Give your smartphone to a loved one for a while.
Tell your friends you’re not on WhatsApp.
And then waste all your time on Snake instead.
Sometimes, you gotta go bigger.
Hit the big red button.
Remember the Nokia 3310?
Go buy one.
Give your smartphone to a loved one for a while.
Tell your friends you’re not on WhatsApp.
And then waste all your time on Snake instead.
Thanks for reading my friend.
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TL;DR
6 ways to make sure your phone is the tool, not you.
• Greyscale
• Notifications
• Screw the system
• Hop off the treadmill
• Protect your time
• Pull the plug
6 ways to make sure your phone is the tool, not you.
• Greyscale
• Notifications
• Screw the system
• Hop off the treadmill
• Protect your time
• Pull the plug
Understanding your direction is tough.
I've put together a series of questions and exercises that explore what it is you live for.
It helped me with my own path - it might help you with yours.
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I've put together a series of questions and exercises that explore what it is you live for.
It helped me with my own path - it might help you with yours.
Get it here free 👇
purpose-workbook.carrd.co
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