Use Your Phone Less

Just been looking around and seeing alot of people on their phones with posture that gives me the heebiejeebies.


I think we can all agree - most people are pretty attached to their phones. The majority of us leave our phones on the table at dinner , take them to the toilet , and we even spend time talking to mates via WhatsApp and social media when there's literally a physical human being right in front of us to interact with . Not only is it making us less present it's also really bad for our posture.


If you're starting to get sick of how often you check your phone or have even suffered from text neck (yup, it's a thing), then it might be time to consider some simple steps to help you use your phone less, so that you're more present and not in pain.


🃁 Change the colour scheme to black and white - this can reduce the addictiveness of looking at your phone and make it less interesting!


Spend some time turning off notifications for all apps where you don't need them. Leave them on only for apps like Uber, City Mapper or food delivery. Almost every other notification acts like a distraction from what you intended to do on your phone, or from you being present with your work or social commitments.


Use aeroplane mode more often - This will stop the constant buzz and the need for you to pick up and check your notifications.


Delete social media apps from your phone - This will stop you from aimlessly staring and scrolling through social media, a Harvard Study shows that people spend half their time on the phone on social media so even deleting one will reduce the time spent massively.


️Get a watch - don't rely on looking at your phone for the time.


Pick up a hobby - The average human spends between an hour and five hours on their phone each day, you could be perfecting a hobby or picking up a book that you've been meaning to read for ages.


Use apps that help you stop using your phone - The app Moment can help you track how you spend time on your phone, then give you the analyses to help you figure out where you need to make adjustments. If that doesn't work for you, the app Forest is a really cute app: You pick an amount of time you want to stay off your phone, and in that time, you "grow" a digital tree, and if you check your phone earlier than the given time, that tree dies. And who wouldn't want to grow a lush, digital forest? Ehh??!


Leave your phone at home - Just make sure you tell your friends and family first.


Let me know if you have any other useful tips


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