There is a war for my attention happening right now. This page is a place to keep all of my ways of locking my life down to avoid distractions yet still allowing the information and influence I want in
- Apple's Configurator to Lock my iPhone Down: link
- removes App Store and you have to whitelist websites to be able to access them. No override except for plugging into my laptop. Only thing that has put my squarely back in control.
- Turning off YouTube search history: go here then into setting to disable, then clear all existing history, then feel the magic 😮💨
- found this from Herman's blog post about it
- Results in no suggested videos thereby disabling YouTube's ability to send you down rabbit holes
- TBD Solution for Social Media
- Right now I just abstain but there has to be a better way to update my Mom and friends other than texting each individually...assessing PixelFed
Things I have tried that didn't work
- using just my Apple Watch using TinyPod instead of carrying around a Phone in my pocket
- Didn't work because I didn't have a camera on me and battery life wasn't good on cellular