Phone Boundary Builder
Build three boundaries that hold without relying on willpower.
Most people's digital lives were never designed — they accumulated. Apps arrived, notifications stayed on, habits formed around whatever was easiest. Intentionality is mostly a matter of deciding things on purpose that were previously decided for you.
Good for: willpower that keeps running out by 9pm
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Pick one place (bedroom, dinner table), one time (after 10pm), one activity (driving, walking the dog).
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Design the physical arrangement that makes each one automatic.
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Tell one person about it — stated intentions survive longer.
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Review after two weeks and change what didn't fit your life rather than blaming yourself.
Take what you found into a check-in, or read the thinking behind the tool. Saving it puts it on your shelf in My Modern Human.
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