• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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    4 days ago

    Btw, is there a open source app to display a warning after a certain time of <app> use?

    Yes, Android has “Digital Wellbeing” but that spams me for “no play services found”, because i removed them.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    No idea what “Olive Garden” is - is it used all day, or is it just a shitty programmed app that it eats up the battery?

    • Donkter@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      Olive Garden is a restaurant chain. It would be like spending all day on the Arby’s or McDonald’s app with an added layer of Olive Garden being a bit obscure.

  • Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 days ago

    I’m sorry, I don’t wanna break the funny, so if you’re just here to laugh, the please feel free to do so.

    If you are suffering:
    Real Phone addiction, which a lot of people nowadays have, takes lifes. It is nothing to joke with. Get a professional if you can. It will erode you physical wellness, your social groups, your grades, your working capacity, you will get severe depression, anxiety, will lack hunger. We all know where that can lead.

    Fight it, you have ambitions. The phone does not make you happy.

    You should put your phone in a cabinet. Ideally in a space where other people can see it during the day. Then loudly announce to them that you’re limiting your screen time in that way.
    This is the first step: Admitting it, full stop, nothing to be ashamed of.

    When you catch yourself doing more than standing awkwardly in front of the cabinet to answer messages from friends and family you should fix that by putting the phone back into the cabinet. If this is too hard, buy a timed phone safe. Make sure to have a way to call the fire department.
    That’s the second step: Correcting yourself. Just don’t get frustrated, it’s not you, it’s your addiction.

    And then when you can leave that shitter in there for as long as you want without thinking of it in a longingly way, then you can finally start living a life without your addiction. It won’t be gone, mind you.
    And that’s the final step: Consistency.

    After a long time of personal development you may even completely make your addiction disappear, but this takes a long time.
    Personal development will happen along the way. You will be surprised how much emotion you will have without your phone. You will want to do stuff again.

    Good luck. BANISH THAT FUCKER.

    Matter of fact, I’ll have to put something away.

            • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
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              4 days ago

              So you were standing there all uncomfortably in the kitchen while you typed that out with your thumbs? You did send a good message though. Everything you said is pretty true except I don’t think most people would want to store their phone in their cabinet. Our phones are not only addictive, but if we can get past that addiction they still come in handy and they are essential to daily life.