Coaching practices for Phone Screen Time Limits

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• I tell myself every morning I’ll go easy on the apps today, and every night I’ve blown right past it again
• I’d swear I only spend maybe half an hour a day on these apps, but I have a sinking feeling the real number is way higher
• There’s no point where I actually put the screen down for the night
• No amount of willpower works when the thing is right there in my pocket all evening
• I’m staring at a bright screen right up until I close my eyes and then I lie there not even tired, and I’m starting to think all that late light is the reason it takes me an hour to fall asleep.

Practices that may help

1. Set hard app limits using built-in screen-time tools
   Use iOS Screen Time or Android Digital Wellbeing to set a hard daily limit on each social media app.
   The 2-Hour Social Media Cap
2. Track your actual usage for one week before capping
   Look at your real numbers before setting a limit — most people significantly underestimate their social media time.
   The 2-Hour Social Media Cap
3. Set a screen cutoff time
   Pick a consistent hour to put screens away and protect the wind-down window.
   The Digital Sunset
4. 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
5. Set a screen curfew 60-90 minutes before sleep
   All screens off 60-90 minutes before intended sleep time — including television.
   The Phone-Free Bedroom
6. Enable grayscale display mode on your phone
   Turn your phone screen to black and white — this reduces the visual reward signal that drives compulsive checking.
   Grayscale Phone Mode and Behavioral Design
7. Increase friction on high-capture apps
   Add steps between you and the apps most likely to capture you — every additional tap reduces automatic use.
   Grayscale Phone Mode and Behavioral Design
8. Restrict social media to scheduled daily access windows
   Limit social media to one or two daily slots rather than allowing it to run as a background tab.
   Notification Batching: Taking Back Control of Your Attention
9. Schedule regular technology recovery breaks throughout the workday
   Take a 10-15 minute technology-free break every 90 minutes to allow cognitive and physiological recovery.
   Technostress: What It Is and How to Manage It
10. Start with a scaled sabbath (2-4 hours) and expand
    If 24 hours feels impossible, build the muscle with a 2-4 hour offline window first.
    The Digital Sabbath

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