The best habit I made in 2023...
I have 2 phones: Cocaine Phone & Kale Phone.
Here's how it fixed my smartphone addiction:
I have 2 phones: Cocaine Phone & Kale Phone.
Here's how it fixed my smartphone addiction:
The Smartphone Paradox:
Your phone is a gateway to the world's best knowledge -- and the world's best distractions.
It's like having the best teachers, social clubs, and strip clubs in your pocket 24-7.
Your phone is a gateway to the world's best knowledge -- and the world's best distractions.
It's like having the best teachers, social clubs, and strip clubs in your pocket 24-7.
Society presents 2 solutions to the Smartphone Paradox:
1. Phone Addict - Glued to phone constantly.
2. Phoneless Luddite - No access to the best technology of this century so far.
Burn out or Miss out.
1. Phone Addict - Glued to phone constantly.
2. Phoneless Luddite - No access to the best technology of this century so far.
Burn out or Miss out.
Instead of following society's script, work from first principles:
1. What is the upside of your phone?
2. What is the downside of your phone?
3. How can you increase the upside -- and reduce the downside?
1. What is the upside of your phone?
2. What is the downside of your phone?
3. How can you increase the upside -- and reduce the downside?
Here's the protocol I found works for me:
1. Kale Phone - Full stack serotonin. Only notes, Kindle, Uber, Maps, and emergency number for 2-3 people.
2. Cocaine Phone - Full stack dopamine. Twitter. Instagram. TikTok. WhatsApp. Anyone can contact.
1. Kale Phone - Full stack serotonin. Only notes, Kindle, Uber, Maps, and emergency number for 2-3 people.
2. Cocaine Phone - Full stack dopamine. Twitter. Instagram. TikTok. WhatsApp. Anyone can contact.
Kale Phone Protocol:
I can check this 24-7 - but it's so damn boring I don't feel the need to.
If I want to procrastinate on it, I must read a book or generate ideas in my notes. (Win-Win)
I can check this 24-7 - but it's so damn boring I don't feel the need to.
If I want to procrastinate on it, I must read a book or generate ideas in my notes. (Win-Win)
Cocaine Phone Protocol:
I don't check it until ∼12pm on weekdays and ∼2pm on weekends.
I still get the optionality that smartphones produce.
But I don't consume it 24-7 until my brain melts.
I don't check it until ∼12pm on weekdays and ∼2pm on weekends.
I still get the optionality that smartphones produce.
But I don't consume it 24-7 until my brain melts.
Observations from the Kale-Cocaine Phone Protocol:
1. The Kale Phone resets your baseline.
2. Your Cocaine phone feels too intense after 60 minutes per day. You start to crave the Kale phone.
3. Think outside the box about how the current problem is framed: Phone or No Phone
1. The Kale Phone resets your baseline.
2. Your Cocaine phone feels too intense after 60 minutes per day. You start to crave the Kale phone.
3. Think outside the box about how the current problem is framed: Phone or No Phone
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Nuance alert 🚨:
Work from first principles and run your own tests.
Design your own protocol that works best.
Personalize it based on your personality type and current goals.
Work from first principles and run your own tests.
Design your own protocol that works best.
Personalize it based on your personality type and current goals.
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