Only do three screen scrolls on Facebook and Instagram once a day – physically put a limit on these black attention holes where we get lost too long.
Organize your phone into 3-4 screens followed by folders – put attention wasters like social media, news sites, music into these folders so you know when you enter to be aware that you are losing the battle.
Make it a practice to not open the phone in a bathroom, waiting room or place where you could interact with people or life – at least try.
Choosing to be on the phone instead of with a child, mate or someone you like even if THEY are lost in digital space is your unacceptable excuse to do the same.
Phones off after a certain hour. Period.
No work by phone after a certain hour (The French have this one as a law).
The phone is neither a sitter nor an educator, it’s a tool not a life.
No phones during a meal (saying you need to leave it on the table to monitor a babysitter is a nice try).
Finally accept that phones and social media that are conducted on them are addictive and without strong resolve, they will rob their users of life and relationships.
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