How To Effectively Do A Phone Detox

1. How To Effectively Do A Phone Detox Let’s have some fun and do a quick quiz. Answer honestly and lets see if you could benefit from a simple phone detox. Which of the following situations occur to you frequently? ● You check your phone just or shortly after waking up in the morning. ● You check your phone just or shortly before bedtime at night. ● You look at your phone screen while walking down the street, cycling, rollerblading, etc ● You look at your phone screen while driving. ● You use your phone when there are other people with you. (eating out etc) ● You have a very strong impulse to use your phone when you have to wait, even if it’s only a few seconds. If most of the situations described above happen to you, then you are probably addicted to your phone. They say you are addicted to your smartphone if you use it more than 60 times a day. Does that sound a lot? It’s really not and that time adds up quickly. In this article, we will go through some effective ways to help you overcome phone addiction or do a phone detox.

2. Find The Apps That Hook You the Most There are apps that will tell you how many times you have unlocked your phone every day and it will tell you what apps you have used and the time you spend on each of them both daily and weekly. You will also see the periods of time you are not using your phone. Take a look and it might just surprise you how reliant you are on your preferred device. Reflect On Your Apps Usage Once you determine the apps you use most, start to think about why you use them so much, especially if it is too much. Normally boredom is one of the main causes. Other causes may be: the feeling of loneliness, the need to be recognized, wanting to stay connected and not miss out, overcome challenges, etc. Take some time to reflect possible reasons for the phone addiction. Disable All Notifications Yes, you read that right. You have to disable all notifications on your mobile. If

3. you don’t, you are giving permission to other people and apps to interrupt you whenever they feel like it. We are always reacting to notifications: we stop doing what we were doing, we lose concentration, and we ignore people who are by our side. You have to change these habits and instead of looking at your phone every time it vibrates or sounds with a notification, you have to schedule some time in which you will open the apps but also time when you wont. Set Usage Limits Disabling all notifications does not help much if we constantly look at our phone apps. This happened to me, I had no notifications but I opened Twitter, Google+ and email several times an hour. Tim Ferriss recommends avoiding "time wasters" in "The 4-hour Workweek" As the book was written in 2006, it tells us to limit the time you check your email which was the biggest digital distraction of the time. Now, it would be social networks and continuous notifications from mobile apps. Ferriss recommended changing the impulsive and frequent checking of email to three or four times planned during the day to read and answer messages (Preferably leaving the first hours of the morning free to focus on important tasks). Applying this to your mobile device means you can release yourself from being tied, now is a great time to do a phone detox for most of us, dare you rise to the challenge?