Not face down on the table. Another room, with a door between you.
A phone within arm's reach takes a cut of your attention even when it is silent. Distance is the only setting that actually works.
One hour, once, while you cook or read or talk to someone. Tell whoever needs to know that you are off it, so the hour does not cost you a worry.
Most people describe the same thing: the first ten minutes involve three phantom reaches, and the last twenty feel unusually long in a good way.
How to actually do it
- 01Pick the hour and the room the phone will live in.
- 02Tell one person so nobody panics.
- 03Do something with your hands for the hour.
You already know if this is the one. Go put a date on it.
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