Make starting inconvenient. I have no FB app/tiktok/YT on my phone. I can log to FB in a browser, but I intentionally set some random password I don’t remember so each time I need to go through password recovery process.
What to do when you started. Whenever I find a moment when I am strong enough to stop watching, I also log out/uninstall app, i.e. revert to the state when starting was inconvenient.
When starting is inconvenient, I have these 30 second or so to reflect on “where will that lead?” and this is usually enough to not start.
This works well for me. I watch short videos on days when I’m too tired to do anything productive—this is quite pleasant and relaxing then—but I learned to force myself to logout later, and this is enough.
My solution:
Make starting inconvenient. I have no FB app/tiktok/YT on my phone. I can log to FB in a browser, but I intentionally set some random password I don’t remember so each time I need to go through password recovery process.
What to do when you started. Whenever I find a moment when I am strong enough to stop watching, I also log out/uninstall app, i.e. revert to the state when starting was inconvenient.
When starting is inconvenient, I have these 30 second or so to reflect on “where will that lead?” and this is usually enough to not start.
This works well for me. I watch short videos on days when I’m too tired to do anything productive—this is quite pleasant and relaxing then—but I learned to force myself to logout later, and this is enough.