Is it really so? I'm only a single datapoint, but checking my phone is the last thing I do in the morning. Getting children up, coffee, shower, planning some today's work in my head - if the phone isn't ringing then I may well not fiddle with it until later in the morning or even the day.
It is an amazing source of information, but much of it is daily drama that is a form of entertainment -- a modern Jerry Springer.
These tweets and videos serve as a conversational currency of sorts. Not sure it's worth it.
If this is true, like if you use your phone as an alarm clock, you’re screwing yourself.
BJ Fogg’s book Tiny Habits walks through this exact example, and spoiler: it’s hopeless unless you physically separate from your phone. The only levers you have to manipulate your behavior are prompt, ability, and motivation.
Your phone prompts you reliably, it’s easy to stay in bed and easy to look at social because your notifications are right there, just move one finger, and you’re motivated at a visceral level to look at social because of that dopamine hit.
The only solution he provides is removing the prompt. Get an old style alarm clock and put your phone in the other room at night.
I also don't have any notifications on from social media. Texts, important email, and important slack. Almost nothing else, mostly stuff that I need to go clean up and turn off the notification permissions anyways.
But I totally get your point. Its right there and accessible. I woke up early today, rather than going back to sleep for another hour spent it on the phone for some reason. Definitely have some work tonight to try and figure out some better habits.
What are you scrolling, which app has that hold?
And I'm sure, 100% sure, that I'm not the only one with that problem...
Multiply these numbers across reddit, tiktok, the various international social media giants. Are the >2 billion hours a day people spend glued to their screen limiting social progress? Is it fear mongering and ignorant to even ask? One thing I know for certain is there will be a growing group of people seeking help to limit their watch time on these services. The algorithms are simply too addictive.
[1]: https://youtube.googleblog.com/2017/02/you-know-whats-cool-b...
[2]: https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/02/06/people-still-spend...
I've found many tricks that help. For example, erasing some urls from autocompletion (fn mayus backspace for chrome in mac) helps fight against the muscle memory, when you have to type the whole thing. There are also extensions like stayfocusd that help. In a smartphone, switching the icons (for example putting ibooks or spottify in place of the broweser) helps.
It's basically a reverse UX problem: you try to create as much friction as possible.
My problem is that it works for a few weeks or so. Then for whatever reason I get to a point where reddit is super useful (like buying a specialized products, where the communities can help get somewhat unbiased opinions and reviews) and I'm back to square one.
This site produces the same effect btw. It's just that the content is at least somewhat limited to a point where checking more than once or twice a day isn't worth it.
Focus on what you want to do instead and use the time on that. Start reading books, go for walks, dance, play an instrument whatever it is. Focus on that instead of narrow focus on screen time.
Your statement basically amounts to "Well, I don't look at my phone in the morning, so clearly most other people also don't look at their phone in the morning". Which is obviously false (at least in the sense that one doesn't follow from the other).