Jaded-Moose983 t1_iy3hb50 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 1:48 PM

Reply to comment by Next-Conclusion-3071 in LPT, Phone needs to go! by Next-Conclusion-3071

Willpower is a myth. What you are correctly proposing is the start of new healthier habits.

AFAIK, all phones have a GPS chip now for emergency services. If you are looking to keep navigation services, then I think any phone capable of doing that will also be able to use social media apps. In which case, using an app locker might be your best option.

Next-Conclusion-3071 OP t1_iy3rfjx wrote on November 28, 2022 at 3:10 PM

The best solution I have come up with that takes the bad away but keeps the positive aspects is getting an Apple Watch/smart watch and using that. Leaving the phone at home. I'll have all the convenience of the smart phone without a robust distraction system built into it. App blockers don't work past like a week or two for me. I need to change the environment I live in to quit, this is how I quit cigarettes as well. I have recognized my "willpower" is just not as genetically gifted as others so I need to have a-little more ingenuity when I solve my problems then just using brute force.