Why take on the challenge?

Badges (1/3)

Recognize those tiny, little red badges in the top right corner of your apps? They might seem innocent but are actually incredible FOMO inducers.

FOMO or ‘fear of missing out’ is a term first coined back in 2004 and quickly found it’s way into conversation. A lot of us these days can really relate to this feeling - it’s symbolizes a collective fear in the 21st century where we can’t stop checking in on e-mail, WhatsApp of social media. Just to get rid of this feeling we might ‘miss out on something’.Your phone is a true master at inducing this FOMO, and those red notifications badges are an incredible powerful trigger to pull and keep your attention longer on a screen. Honestly, we've all been there, swiping through our phone in one big effort to remove all those dots.

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Homescreen (2/3)

Studies show that cleaning room or desk is not just something your mom used to tell you to annoy you.

Marie Kondo has become somewhat of a cultural phenomenon for introducing the world to the art of decluttering your physical space. Studies show that cleaning room or desk is not just something your mom used to tell you to annoy you. Turns out, removing clutter from our physical spaces and lives, has been proven to help increase concentration and lower potential risk of stress. Similarly, the set up of your phone’s homescreen has a similar effect on the mind.

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Passcode (3/3)

When you break down each step of a typical smartphone screen time session, you quickly notice a pattern: handling a phone feels frictionless.

Designers will pitch it as ‘user-friendly’ or ‘convenient’ features but they’re actually allowing for & fuelling our impulsive human nature that eventually leads to compulsive behaviours that’s are so difficult to control. Instead of waiting around for tech regulation or throwing in the towel, there’s actually a lot you can take in your own hands. For example, re-enable pascode.

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Android

Intention - Start new routines

App-restricted screentime (daily) (1/3)

Intentionality = Friction design

Daily routine: Select a 2-hour block (between 9am-5pm) to set app restrictions
Daily tool: Opal app (iOS), Digital Wellbeing (Android) to activate the app restrictions.
See below for instructions

For iOS

Get the app via the QR code (iOS only)

How to set your daily focus session?

For Android

How to set your daily focus session?

Homescreen (2/3)

Studies show that cleaning room or desk is not just something your mom used to tell you to annoy you.

Marie Kondo has become somewhat of a cultural phenomenon for introducing the world to the art of decluttering your physical space. Studies show that cleaning room or desk is not just something your mom used to tell you to annoy you. Turns out, removing clutter from our physical spaces and lives, has been proven to help increase concentration and lower potential risk of stress. Similarly, the set up of your phone’s homescreen has a similar effect on the mind.

iOS

Android

Passcode (3/3)

When you break down each step of a typical smartphone screen time session, you quickly notice a pattern: handling a phone feels frictionless.

Designers will pitch it as ‘user-friendly’ or ‘convenient’ features but they’re actually allowing for & fuelling our impulsive human nature that eventually leads to compulsive behaviours that’s are so difficult to control. Instead of waiting around for tech regulation or throwing in the towel, there’s actually a lot you can take in your own hands. For example, re-enable pascode.

iOS

Android