Why I Never Reveal Do Not Disturb Mode To Others On My iPhone

And why notifications are destroying your productivity

Destiny S. Harris
ILLUMINATION
Published in
3 min readJan 31, 2023

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My phone is on silent 99% of the time. I stopped receiving alerts and notifications for messages and calls years ago. I don’t get banners. I don’t get alerts. I have to check everything manually, and I’ll most likely live like this for the rest of my life because…

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