Re:'Gentle Parenting' My Smartphone Addiction
by jspash on Thursday July 17, 2025 @02:46AM
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Just curious. Is it absolutely necessary to have the phone in your bedroom? My partner struggled for a long time with being “unable to sleep” until I pointed out that I also can’t sleep due to the dim blue light coming from the other side of the bed.
So we made a rule. Leave the phones elsewhere. Ever since we’ve been sleeping through the night.
1. Has a "lock" tag next to my bad that scans when I place my phone down on my night stand
This disables all the apps on my phone that I consider distracting/harmful/etc.
2. Has an "unlock" tag that I scan next to the kitchen sink where I take my morning pill (could just as easily be in the bathroom for brushing my teeth etc).
This forces me to at least get out of bed before I can use time-sucking apps. It's a small thing, but baby steps is kinda what I was looking for, and it's noticeably decreased the number of days where I laze in bed for longer than I meant to in the morning. It's been ~2 months and still going well.