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5c508c34 | 11 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +17 
 trying to make my phone as non-addictive as possible. 

uninstalled a plethora of apps, including Damus and SimpleX. 

will only be using web clients for now.
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Eshara | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 🫂🫂💜
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marcelinho | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 focus 🧘‍♂️
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SKI | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Turn the screens color off. Black and white only helps.
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bellatrix | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I hope you can achieve your goals by taking this step. 🫂💜
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Prem ZBD | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Epic move. Also put your phone on silent. Just because a call or message comes in doesn't mean it needs your immediate attention. Taking that control back will also give you another big step forward.
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liminal | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Good for you keep going 🫡
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Jose Sammut | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Good man tanel!
A couple of months ago I started using a minimalist launcher to help me be more mindful before using apps. Then started uninstalling apps I didn't use.  
I've only left to find a replacement for YouTube. If I could get that content reliably on Spotify I would be set. The YouTube algo has gotten horrible last couple years but there's still a lot of resources that I would love to keep. 
Maybe I just do away with it, amongst all the distractions I can't say I actually get a lot of value out of it.
Of course, desktop is cool. Way more customisable so a lot more productive overall, but I spend enough time sitting at the office, it kills me to go from one office to the next.
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zancud0 | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Doing this actually helps a ton. 👌
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jakub | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Genius move.