Here are a few steps that you can take to limit phone usage:
- Put your phone in another room an hour before you go to sleep. Research has shown that unnatural light (blue light) late at night is bad for your eyes and sleep quality. Keep it somewhere other than your room when you decide to go to sleep so that you can protect your eyes and sleep quality (as well as limit usage).
- Invest in a physical alarm clock. This eliminates the excuse of not being able to keep your phone in a different room at night because ‘you won’t be able to hear your alarm.’
- Wake up and Walk. Instead of looking at your phone immediately when you wake up (now that it’s in a different room this should be easier), put your shoes on and go take a walk. Morning walks are beneficial to your health for a number of reasons and help you get a solid start to the day without looking at your phone.
- Delete social media. Rid your phone off anything that’s gonna make you stick around. The key inhibitors of a healthy relationship with your phone are social media apps. Not only are they addictive but quite bad for your mental health.
- Turn your phone off/ turn on do not disturb. When in doubt, turn your phone off or put it in do not disturb. Both options are lifesavers when trying to limit phone usage.