[ckdarby]

It's really not that hard but people are addicted and don't want to admit it.

Buy an Amazfit 6 watch, has alarms, clock, health stats, memos, weather, maps, and GPS workout.

Turn off nearly all phone notifications. Do not allow any phone to AmaZfit notifications. Don't have your phone physically attached to you.

You need your phone with you? Backpack. Never in pockets.

All sudden it is incredibly easy to focus.

[inigyou]

Phone in the backpack is a crazy simple hack. Every time you want to reach for it you get a slight punishment (anti-reward), this is operant conditioning.

[Noumenon72]

This does work, especially at the library where you feel like you're drawing a little attention for going in your bag.

I also put my phone in a kSafe by Kitchen Safe for 20-30 minutes to break out of doomscrolling with no takebacks. I keep a wireless charger in the safe so it can charge while it's in there.

Another thing I realized by working at a job where I couldn't take my phone is that you can just go to the library and leave your phone at home.

[chickenimprint]

very true.

I just bought [product placeholder] and it has [features placeholder].

I am no longer distract by phon.

[unethical_ban]

Take a step back and realize what they're saying.

* Monitor your health and track your time to help stay focused.

* Disable as many spurious notification types on your phone as you can afford to do. My recommendation: All notifications that aren't live messages from individuals.

* Keep your phone out of immediate reach so that you break the habit one likely has of instinctively reaching for it to fill in moments of boredom.

[driverdan]

> Turn off nearly all phone notifications.

You should do this regardless, no watch needed. The only phone notifications that should be turned on are ones that could be urgent. Phone calls, maybe text messages, alarms, and calendar reminders. No email, no social media, no stupid random apps telling you about some discount.

[hightrix]

I suggest doing this everywhere, not just your phone. On your laptop, disable Teams notifications, remove email notifications, etc... Leave on Meeting notification if you need the reminder to join.

Notifications are absolutely abused by everything. Phone calls from known numbers, texts from known numbers on my device and then meeting start reminders on my laptop are the only notifications enabled.

[absoluteunit1]

Is this an ad plug lol