Is phone addiction making you less productive/your job harder? How did you combat it?

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Yes. I don’t combat it.

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They offshored my job to someone that wasn’t distracted by their phone

Problem solved

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Yes. I don’t combat it either. I accepted my fate long ago. At the end of the day where else can I get my instant gratification? Excel spreadsheets? PowerPoint slides? No tnx!

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If I have my phone within reaching distance, I end up grabbing and scroll through it when I'm waiting even just 5 seconds for something on my computer to load before I even realize I've started doomscrolling.

So I keep my phone on the other side of the room while I work.

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I realized I wasn’t just addicted to my phone, I also had ADHD. I couldn’t concentrate on work even after I did all the tips and tricks to minimize notifications and distractions, etc. I started seeing a psychiatrist and got officially diagnosed after a few sessions/tests. It’s literally a 180 for me from a year ago.

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EY5. That’s exactly what I had. I thought “I didn’t get anything done today, I’ll just go to bed and then wake up early in the morning and get it done.” That never happened lol.

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Yes

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I don’t really use my phone for much anymore. I deleted most of my apps, social media, YouTube, etc. because I wasn’t using it for anything useful. Would just scroll for hours looking at nothing. I now use my phone to text my wife and check fishbowl periodically. My screen time went down a ton. Obviously isn’t very fun and not for everyone but I do get more done at work now because I have no choice but to work because nothing fun is on my phone haha.

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I put an hour-long meetings on my calendar for focus time (mark myself as busy). Then I turn my phone off and work. Then I turn it back on, check for voicemails & texts, set a timer for a 10 minute phone break, then I repeat the meeting process. That way if someone can't reach me, they can see that I'm "busy" in Outlook.

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I leave my phone in another room when I need to focus.

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You could always try putting it down while you work.

Make it so everything is black and white under settings

Anykne else try the Brixk?

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Yes. Delete apps or sign out, if I have to wait to open it even a couple of minutes it makes me stop to think if I really need to scroll.

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