4 Simple Life Hacks to Start Managing Your Screen Time Addiction More Effectively
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If it feels like you’re losing the war against the screen-time-addicted version of your self then you might just need to re-strategize. As the expression goes, wars are fought one battle at a time so you need to start focusing on achieving smaller victories in order to turn the tide in the larger engagement.
Here are 4 simple life hacks to start managing your screen time more effectively.
- Keep your phone on mute all the time. This simple trick will stop making you a slave to the device.
- Suppress social media notifications on the home screen. At this point, our brain chemistry has made it abundantly clear to us that it just can’t help itself. If you see notifications, you’re gonna wanna click on them so why not make it more work to see them?
- Keep your phone out of the bedroom. Really, you can just as easily let it charge in the kitchen. If your main justification is that you use it as an alarm clock then just get one of these instead.
- Enable the Do Not Disturb Feature While Driving. This feature provides a nice support system for those who are often tempted to peek at their phones while driving. You can read more about enabling this on an iPhone here.
If you are looking to quantify your success with these life hacks then be sure to record your your average screen time usage in the new iOS Screentime feature before you get started implementing these strategies. You should see a noticeable difference. You can read more about this feature here.
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Tim Schwartz brings over 25 years of experience in the tech space. A lifelong learner, Tim has spent his career in spaces that allow him to combine his loves of technology and education. He cites his 12 years working abroad in a foreign language along with his BA in cultural anthropology for his deep understanding of the humanity behind different perspectives—a valuable and somewhat rare skill among technologists. Tim focuses on strengthening cybersecurity while increasing employee productivity, centralizing mobile device management, automating identity management and access, digitizing analog workflows, and introducing marketing automations to provide a positive—and digitally secure—experience for both employees and clients. Tim’s love of not only learning but also sharing what he knows extends far beyond the realm of technology. He holds a master’s degree in teaching Japanese as a foreign language, and he has authored numerous articles about improving early education and parenting.