How cleaning up your phone will make you happier and more productive

Most peoples life are filled to the brim with distractions.
Halve of their time is spent consuming useless entertainment, chatting with “friends” and scrolling on their phones.

Photo by Rami Al-zayat on Unsplash

I was once on of them. I used to play video games, watch YouTube all day and participate in other overstimulating habits. I used every second of freetime to chase instant dopamine.

Now, I am different.

I have replaced video games with writing and exercising,
YouTube content with reading books, reduced my screen time by 75% and transformed my phone and laptop from these devilish products into productive tools I use to write, work, learn and communicate.

I am going to show you how you can do the same.

1. Figure out when and how you are wasting time.

Tomorrow, I want you to live a typical day, do everything that you normally would and note when you get distracted by your phone/computer, also write down the exact sources (e.g. YouTube, Instagram, Google News)

2. Find ways to reduce or even delete these distractions.

Your Problem is that you spend to much time on specific apps or websites? Use these free Blockers to either limit their usage or block them completely (recommended)

— Android: Appblock, Stay Focused
— Iphone: Appblock, Stay Focused
— PC/ Laptop: Coldturkey (excellent, highly recommend)

3. Use every possible setting to make your phone less fun to use:

— Turn on greyscale
— Disable all notifications
— Switch to a Wallpaper with your goals written on it
— Delete all entertainment apps on your phone
— Block apps and Websites you never want to use (TikTok, Instagram, Porn)

4. Replace deleted apps with productive ones.

Install productive apps that fit your need, these could for example be Calorie and Workout Trackers.

Do this so that you don’t fall back into your old habits and reinstall them.

5. Build up new, less stimulating and more productive habits

Start reading books, learn, and watch educational courses instead of doom scrolling.

So, are you going to act on my advice?