First steps

Ok, so I really need to get to the very basics. So my first two rules:

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1. Don’t bring phone into the bedroom at night.

Very important, because without sleep, nothing will get accomplished. And as my sleep is very choppy, sooner or later I ended up browsing. I finally fixed my bedroom clock, so I don’t need the phone to tell the time when I wake up, and then I just stay and eventually fall back asleep without the phone to keep me scrolling until dawn. It helped. I think it’s been about 4 nights, and I’m slowly feeling more rested, though it’ll take time to catch back up.

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2. Put phone on focus mode between 9am and 5pm.

It’s only been 1 day, and I’ve done much more than any of the previous days. Not that many to-do items checked off, it’s still burning under my feet. But I’ve finally sat down for several hours with one problem that’s been hovering over my head, and seems like I had a breakthrough. Something that wasn’t possible when I didn’t take time to think it through without distractions.

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That’s it for now. I need to see that this consistently works before I add new blocks and everything tumbles down again.

P.S. I’m also out of my post-weaning depression, which helps! But it has had some lasting effects, because it got me right back into the worst procrastinating habits that are not easy to shake off