And if I may add a small comment through the lens of dopamine...
Turning off notifications is such a simple yet powerful way to avoid all the unnecessary limbic spikes of dopamine (each of which triggers a strong urge to check your phone).
You've done wonders for your brain, and clearly the world didn't end :).
Have all my personal and work notifications muted for ages. Completely relate to everything you said here.
Do you know how to turn off just my substack notifications? I was up all night with the beeping?
Great article.
And if I may add a small comment through the lens of dopamine...
Turning off notifications is such a simple yet powerful way to avoid all the unnecessary limbic spikes of dopamine (each of which triggers a strong urge to check your phone).
You've done wonders for your brain, and clearly the world didn't end :).
(I ran my own dopamine engineering experiment to see if I could neutralise the urge to check my phone and it surprisingly worked. Step 1 was turning off notifications. It's here if you're curious: https://thisisyourbrainon.substack.com/p/how-to-neutralise-the-urge-to-check-your-phone)