Here are some ways to overcome your smartphone addiction. Check it out!
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It cannot be denied that gadgets are a part of life in urban society today. Unfortunately, this need can cause addiction which has negative mental and physical impacts. Are you one of them? Here's a simple way to overcome gadget addiction.
1. Set Time
Several ways are considered effective for limiting the use of devices. Instagram has an activity dashboard to manage how much time you spend on the platform. You can open the "Settings" option in the Instagram application and select the "Your Activity" option. At the very top, you can see a dashboard containing the average time you use Instagram.
1. Set Time
Several ways are considered effective for limiting the use of devices. Instagram has an activity dashboard to manage how much time you spend on the platform. You can open the "Settings" option in the Instagram application and select the "Your Activity" option. At the very top, you can see a dashboard containing the average time you use Instagram.
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At the bottom, you can set a daily reminder if you have reached the maximum time for that day. You can also access the “Mute Push Notifications” option to limit notifications from Instagram. Apart from that, you can also download additional applications such as AppDetox (iOS) or Rescue Time (Android) to manage your daily cellphone usage time.
2. Turn off notifications
Not infrequently notifications coming from various applications interfere with your activities. Turning off notifications can help you reduce your device usage. However, you have the option to keep some applications active to stay connected with important contacts such as parents, wife, husband, or work. At least, you won't be checking your device every time a notification comes in that isn't necessarily important.
2. Turn off notifications
Not infrequently notifications coming from various applications interfere with your activities. Turning off notifications can help you reduce your device usage. However, you have the option to keep some applications active to stay connected with important contacts such as parents, wife, husband, or work. At least, you won't be checking your device every time a notification comes in that isn't necessarily important.
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3. Delete App
If communication is important, then there's no harm in deleting applications that you don't use for communication. Apart from social media apps, you can also consider deleting games. Both help you get out of the habit of fiddling or constantly opening it even though you don't need it. Apart from that, deleting unimportant applications can free up cellphone capacity.
If communication is important, then there's no harm in deleting applications that you don't use for communication. Apart from social media apps, you can also consider deleting games. Both help you get out of the habit of fiddling or constantly opening it even though you don't need it. Apart from that, deleting unimportant applications can free up cellphone capacity.