[treebornfrog]

I agree, over the last week I've left my phone in my bedroom most of the day, removed my apps like brave, telegram and WhatsApp from the home screen. Just the phone, calculator and signal.

So much better, now the added step of opening an app drawer and looking for an app or searching allows me to disengage with all the constant reading.

I've subscribed to a few newsletters and leave to until the end of the day before bed or schedule some time and leave them unread.

Internet is a great tool, as long as it doesn't takeover.

[dhruvkar]

Why remove telegram but keep signal? Just curious.

[treebornfrog]

Telegram is where I speak to a few close friends (groups - plenty of gifs) and my developers and VAs are on it who I talk to daily.

Not many people use SMS these days (not within my circle anyway) and anything that comes through SMS is crucial I.e my CRM goes down or there's a bug I get an SMS, which is fine.

Also, I turn all notifications off on my mobile. This puts the powers back in my hands.

Edit, notifications for SMS and phone are on, everything else, off.