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I was glued to my phone all day - these 7 tricks helped me break the habit

ID: 5729d72b-109c-5756-9c5b-faebca1fe4b3

STIX ID: report--5729d72b-109c-5756-9c5b-faebca1fe4b3

Feed Name: ZDNet Security

Date Published: 2026-03-13

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

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A ZDNET first-person account describing how the author reduced daily smartphone use from roughly 13 hours to about one hour by combining app limits, friction tools (like ScreenZen), deleting addictive apps, disabling most notifications, using a physical alarm, and keeping the phone out of reach to break habit loops.

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