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DevDesmond | 3 years ago

For technical solutions, I would recommend the plugin DF YouTube to remove suggested videos on YouTube. You can search for videos but won't have a home page of fun stuff to watch. On my phone I have the Google newsfeed disabled. I also have YouTube and Chrome disabled and two apps that further block me from simply re-activating it, (ActionDash & FocusMe, as well as Google's built in time-limit on the app). If I do have to use Chrome I try to keep it under ten minutes a day for important things.

I've found that substantial efforts to get off of platforms that distract me can work, but it's very difficult and should very much be thought of as a hybrid problem of both your personal self, and your technological environment around you. If you're surrounded by distractions, you will find yourself distracted; however, if you simply crave distraction, blocking things will only lead to you getting distracted by the next best source of entertainment.

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