Move social media apps like Instagram or X off your main phone and onto a dedicated old device, or use desktop only when needed. Keep that device put away or locked down most of the day so access requires an intentional step, which reduces reflexive checking, protects attention, and makes compulsive scrolling less likely.
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“"I personally put social media on an old phone and it goes in a supermax prison lockbox that you can't code out of for 22 hours a day."”
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