Coaching practices for How to Stop My Friend's Insane Phone Addiction

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• No amount of willpower works when the thing is right there in my pocket all evening
• Even when I leave the phone in another room, I just end up restlessly wondering what I’m missing
• Even face-down and silent on the desk, the phone pulls at me
• We sit down to eat together and within minutes everyone, me included, is half-glancing at a phone on the table
• It’s hard to put my phone down when everyone else in the house is glued to theirs

Practices that may help

1. Use a dumb-phone or phone-free period during a defined daily window
   Designate a daily window during which your smartphone is replaced by a basic phone or put away entirely.
   Grayscale Phone Mode and Behavioral Design
2. Replace checking with a scheduled pickup window
   Instead of picking up the phone whenever the urge hits, designate two pickup windows per evening.
   The Phone Foyer Method
3. Separate your phone physically during deep work
   Move your phone to another room — not another pocket — during focus sessions.
   Notification Batching: Taking Back Control of Your Attention
4. Use the phone stack at social meals
   At meals with others, all phones go face-down in the center of the table — first to reach loses.
   Grayscale Phone Mode and Behavioral Design
5. Get buy-in from others who share your home
   A solo foyer commitment is willpower; a shared household norm is architecture.
   The Phone Foyer Method
6. Charge your phone outside the bedroom permanently
   The phone charges overnight in another room — this single change eliminates four pathways of sleep disruption simultaneously.
   The Phone-Free Bedroom
7. Create a physical device handoff spot
   Designate one spot where all devices live during the sabbath — out of arm’s reach.
   The Digital Sabbath
8. Practice tolerating boredom without reaching for a device
   The capacity to sit with an unstimulated mind is the foundation of focused attention — it is trainable.
   Attention Reclaiming: Digital Minimalism in Practice
9. Set a hard stop time for all screens
   Pick a recurring hour each week when every screen goes off — no negotiation.
   The Digital Sabbath
10. Plan for the common obstacles before they arrive
    Identify your three most likely reasons for abandoning the station and write a specific "if–then" response for each.
    The Phone Foyer Method

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