[saalweachter]

Hard, unwavering discipline. Resolve to stop reading it, either entirely or outside of rigid conditions (eg, no more than N minutes at X in the morning and Y at night). Then do so.

Some people have good luck modifying their network configs to enforce this when their willpower or habits are weak.

Fortunately there isn't a physical component to the addiction so it is safe to go cold turkey. Usually after a few days or weeks it gets easier but if you slip up it is very easy to fall back into old habits.

[majewsky]

> eg, no more than N minutes at X in the morning and Y at night

Since this community is all about using IT tools to achieve goals:

- There are some browser extensions that can do this, e.g. lock you out of Facebook, Reddit or $newswebsite after X minutes of usage.

- HN itself has the "noprocrast" setting in the user profile which I hear works similarly.