A 2022 study found that 89% of the time people checked their phones, it had nothing to with an alert. Phone checking is a habit. To break it…
Casey’s eTip: Learn to Tolerate Not Checking Your Phone
Our hunter-gatherer brains evolved to constantly scan the horizon for danger and opportunity. Now these same brains want to check social media or news apps to see the latest for the same reason. As a result, we interrupt ourselves, fragmenting our attention and effectiveness. Not to mention, hurting others when we check in front of them. To counteract this primal urge, you have to…
* Become aware of the urge before it activates you
* Be willing to feel the discomfort that arises when you pause instead
* Notice that the urge increases in intensity and diminishes faster than you might expect
* Repeat this practice multiple times a day until the habit wanes
It also helps to put your most tantalizing apps in a group or off the main screen so that it takes more effort (and time) to reach them. Less temptation, too.
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