A simple trick helped me cut back on screen time, break my phone addiction

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I tried a new app that promised to cure my addiction to social media, and it actually worked

An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.My phone has hacked my attention. No matter where I am or what I'm doing — brushing my teeth, watching TV, or crossing a street — I find myself incessantly scrolling and tapping on my phone. When I do manage to put it down, I pick it up again a few minutes later. And once I pick it up, I get sucked in: I unlock my phone to check the weather, and somehow I end up on Instagram for half an hour.

Our collective device addiction is no accident. Tech companies have designed their apps and devices to keep you engaged for as long as possible. The key to enabling this addictive behavior is eliminating"friction" between you and the phone. Mark Zuckerberg famouslyin 2011 that he wanted to enable"real-time serendipity in friction-less experiences." Over a decade later, smartphones have achieved just that.

Unlike screen limits, One Sec doesn't outright ban me from accessing Twitter. Instead, it enables me to reflect and decide on my own whether I truly want to use the app. After a couple of days with One Sec, I realized I was now on Twitter only when I had a specific purpose in mind, such as responding to a message or reading what people are tweeting about a particular news event.

 

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