I finally took someone's advice about turning off notifications entirely

My buddy Tom told me I was crazy for keeping buzzes on for Twitter and email. I changed it to only check three times a day about 6 months ago and my actual work time doubled. Has anyone else gotten feedback like that and resisted at first?

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andrewh951mo ago

Tom must be some kind of notification whisperer. Turning off all that buzz and ding chaos sounds terrifying at first but it really does work like magic. I fought it for MONTHS thinking I'd miss something urgent but nope just a bunch of nonsense. My phone went from screaming at me every 5 minutes to actually being a tool instead of a boss. Now I just have to break the habit of picking it up every time a leaf blows by.

eva_gibson1mo ago

picking it up every time a leaf blows by" sounds like an adhd thing more than a phone problem tbh.