I think most people already know that spending less time looking at screens is a good idea. What’s missing is a way to do that without relapsing. Willpower and guilt don’t work for everyone. Here’s some things that work for me:
Not carrying a smartphone. I never owned one, and never felt bad about it.
Unfollowing everyone on Facebook, so my feed is empty, but my account still exists and people can contact me.
Switching my laptop screen to grayscale. (An e-ink macbook would be even better, but they don’t exist.)
For Facebook, I use FBPurity to block my news feed. Then if there are particular individuals I especially want to follow, I add them to a Facebook List.
I think most people already know that spending less time looking at screens is a good idea. What’s missing is a way to do that without relapsing. Willpower and guilt don’t work for everyone. Here’s some things that work for me:
Not carrying a smartphone. I never owned one, and never felt bad about it.
Unfollowing everyone on Facebook, so my feed is empty, but my account still exists and people can contact me.
Switching my laptop screen to grayscale. (An e-ink macbook would be even better, but they don’t exist.)
For Facebook, I use FBPurity to block my news feed. Then if there are particular individuals I especially want to follow, I add them to a Facebook List.
Does the grayscale thing actually work? (I recall someone trying this and having inconclusive/mixed results)