u/Extra_Marionberry551

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My screen time last week

I've struggled with phone addiction for years, but it has become much worse during the last year. My screen time was about 8 hours. During the last few weeks I managed to reduce it to under 2 hours :) I can't describe how happy and proud I feel about myself. My anxiety levels dropped a lot and I feel like I gained back control over my life.

What helped me:

- I deleted all social media apps and now I access them only through browser (I download them only when I want to make a post, but then delete them immediately).

- I made an excel file to track my screen time (both on phone and laptop). It gives me better overview of my time consumotion.

- I use apps that block other apps after certain amount of time and during the night. I use two different apps since one is too easy to bypass.

- Instead of scrolling social media, I listen to podcasts. It's fun and lazy hobby to do when you're tired.

- I go to a walk every day for at least 30 min and make a strength training 3 times a week. It puts me out of "lazy mode"

- I devote much more time to my hobbies now, since I neglected them a lot :)

u/Extra_Marionberry551 — 4 days ago