How to Stare at Your Phone Without Losing Your Soul
But its more than that.I might visit Reddit and Hacker News, not because the app summoned me via notifications, but because my brain summoned the app, after just a 15 minute hiatus.The issue is that browser and certain apps are available to me on the phone instantly.And there are no good controls to help me me MINDFUL.What I want from the phone (I use an iPhone):
- Upon every unlock, or upon every app open, I should receive a popup asking me why I want to use the app/phone.
- I can enter whatever I want in that popup, but that writing exercise of a few words will help me realize if I am making a mistake of using the crack-gadget too often.
- I should be able to white-list apps.
- I should be able to see my logs all in one place for later review and reflection.