Saving on time (Not related to daylight savings, btw)

I use my phone way more than I actually need, here is a screenshot of this week’s screen time:

As you can see, I have used YouTube for a whopping 8 hours, and this week hasn’t even ended yet.

And I have found that screen times actually help you regulate how you use your phone. So I have set up some limits to myself (That I can skip if I really need to)

So today I will be going through how to set screen time limits on your device and how I have them set up.

Setting up Screen Times

Android

On newer Android devices, go to Settings or Preferences, and open “Digital Wellbeing” or “Digital Wellbeing and Parental Controls”. Then tap on “Screen Time goal” to set up a Global Screen Time limit, or tap on “App timers” to set a limit for a specific app.

How I have them set up

I use my phone a lot when I am outside my house, so I think that 6 hours is more than enough for what I use it.

But I want to also balance how much I use a certain app, so I have a 2-hour limit on Reddit, YouTube, Revolt and Firefox/Chrome and a 1-hour limit for other apps I don’t use a lot.

For Obsidian, I reserved 3 hours because I want to still write down articles on the go or just annotate something to a note.

Should you use them?

No, not really.

Unless you have some sort of addiction to a specific app, you don’t really have to set limits on your phone.

But if that is the case, I recommend using a strict limit that you can follow without cheating every day because forcing yourself onto doing something is bad for your health.

I also recommend taking breaks from time to time so that you can relax and take in everything that you have done.

Lastly, here is a question for the readers, did you have any type of addiction to a certain app on your phone? If so, why and how did you overcome that yourself?