<story><title>Using a mild Twitter addiction to get things done</title><url>https://nick.comer.io/post/ios-shortcuts</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>thenerdhead</author><text>I have tried this many times in the past. The problem I have had with internet addiction is that the phone itself is the cue, craving, response, &amp;amp; reward. I had to resort to locking my phone in one of those timed kitchen containers to make any progress.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s sad to admit I do this, but the only way I&amp;#x27;ve found myself to make a clear barrier is by having a physical barrier. I&amp;#x27;ve tried shortcuts, VPNs, mindfulness apps, etc. Nothing really sticks if it&amp;#x27;s on the phone itself.&lt;p&gt;On-top of that, having to give each device a job has worked wonders as well. My phone is my personal&amp;#x2F;entertainment device. I don&amp;#x27;t need it majority of the time if at all. My computer on the other hand is my work device where I do the things I should be doing instead of endlessly scrolling (coding, writing, etc).&lt;p&gt;Screentime on macOS can show you how many times you pick up your phone and it makes me quite sad to see the numbers before doing any of this. There are other apps that count how many times you open a specific app like &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;apps.apple.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;app&amp;#x2F;one-sec-take-a-deep-breath&amp;#x2F;id1532875441&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;apps.apple.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;app&amp;#x2F;one-sec-take-a-deep-breath&amp;#x2F;id1...&lt;/a&gt; which reveals the same thing on an app basis.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>archsurface</author><text>I realised the multi-purpose device problem one evening when wanting to turn on my living room wifi-iot-light.  I picked up my phone to use the light app, saw notifications, checked the news, checked some other things, put the phone down.  A few minutes later, I remembered I wanted to turn the light on.  Picked up the phone, saw notifications, checked the news, checked some other things, put the phone down.  A few minutes later, I remembered the light, picked up the phone, started checking things, and thought wtf am I doing, I&amp;#x27;ve just checked these apps twice already!?  Stood dumbfounded and concerned at my obsession, then remembered, oh, the light!  Distractions.</text></comment>
<story><title>Using a mild Twitter addiction to get things done</title><url>https://nick.comer.io/post/ios-shortcuts</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>thenerdhead</author><text>I have tried this many times in the past. The problem I have had with internet addiction is that the phone itself is the cue, craving, response, &amp;amp; reward. I had to resort to locking my phone in one of those timed kitchen containers to make any progress.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s sad to admit I do this, but the only way I&amp;#x27;ve found myself to make a clear barrier is by having a physical barrier. I&amp;#x27;ve tried shortcuts, VPNs, mindfulness apps, etc. Nothing really sticks if it&amp;#x27;s on the phone itself.&lt;p&gt;On-top of that, having to give each device a job has worked wonders as well. My phone is my personal&amp;#x2F;entertainment device. I don&amp;#x27;t need it majority of the time if at all. My computer on the other hand is my work device where I do the things I should be doing instead of endlessly scrolling (coding, writing, etc).&lt;p&gt;Screentime on macOS can show you how many times you pick up your phone and it makes me quite sad to see the numbers before doing any of this. There are other apps that count how many times you open a specific app like &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;apps.apple.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;app&amp;#x2F;one-sec-take-a-deep-breath&amp;#x2F;id1532875441&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;apps.apple.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;app&amp;#x2F;one-sec-take-a-deep-breath&amp;#x2F;id1...&lt;/a&gt; which reveals the same thing on an app basis.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>eloeffler</author><text>Curiously, it seems to be the backlight that&amp;#x27;s the cue for me. Anything, a phone, a laptop, a desk screen,  can bring me into a distracted state very quickly. I really hope e-ink devices will give me a bit of a relief once they become affordable (which is delayed due to expensive patents, as I understand it).&lt;p&gt;I experience this when trying to read lenghty text on e-ink devices vs. a computer screen or phone. On the other hand, a kindle or remarkable don&amp;#x27;t give me as many options to distract myself so a more versatile device might still distract me even with e-ink.&lt;p&gt;Time will tell but for now it subjectively feels like the light emission (any color) has a very adverse effect on me, unless distraction is what I&amp;#x27;m looking for :(</text></comment>