I did the same sort of feed curation on TikTok right before the ban! Happy to see you in my inbox - will the rest of the GTFO challenge be available to free subscribers?
Deleting the TikTok app would have been the best thing for me, but I DID end up taking the app off of my home screen and hid it. Instead I placed my "new"/better-ish social apps like Substack and Bluesky on my Home Screen but still in a folder. Prior to TikTok ban I was wasting so much time doom scrolling but I have noticed a huge difference with just those little things. Excited to partake a little more in your February goal..
I do have a question for you.... by limiting screen time are you also limiting your time on Substack too? Or simply using it as a writing space? How are you going to navigate that?
yes yes YES!! TikTok is DEAD (just wrote my first post about it) but I love the idea of not forcing yourself off of your phone/screens completely because they can be helpful. I have a day off work today and think im going to spend it curating my digital environment and thinking about how to be more intentional with my time online in February.
just redid my home screens to hide things in the app drawer in a folder and left apps I want to access more on my home screens
I also deleted Facebook and Instagram off my phone (I can't delete them entirely but I now can only access them on my computer in a dedicated browser that has container tabs)
I did the same sort of feed curation on TikTok right before the ban! Happy to see you in my inbox - will the rest of the GTFO challenge be available to free subscribers?
Deleting the TikTok app would have been the best thing for me, but I DID end up taking the app off of my home screen and hid it. Instead I placed my "new"/better-ish social apps like Substack and Bluesky on my Home Screen but still in a folder. Prior to TikTok ban I was wasting so much time doom scrolling but I have noticed a huge difference with just those little things. Excited to partake a little more in your February goal..
I do have a question for you.... by limiting screen time are you also limiting your time on Substack too? Or simply using it as a writing space? How are you going to navigate that?
Thanks for the challenge BTW!
yes yes YES!! TikTok is DEAD (just wrote my first post about it) but I love the idea of not forcing yourself off of your phone/screens completely because they can be helpful. I have a day off work today and think im going to spend it curating my digital environment and thinking about how to be more intentional with my time online in February.
just went through my YouTube subs and got rid of so many!
just redid my home screens to hide things in the app drawer in a folder and left apps I want to access more on my home screens
I also deleted Facebook and Instagram off my phone (I can't delete them entirely but I now can only access them on my computer in a dedicated browser that has container tabs)