Guides for scrolling on purpose
The enemy is autopilot, not your phone. These guides cover the practical side: catching reflex opens, making limits hold, and hiding feeds while the useful parts keep working.
On your iPhone
- How to stop doomscrolling
The scroll starts before you decide. Catch the reflex at the door instead of fighting the feed.
- How to stop opening Instagram without thinking
Your thumb knows the path. Make the open cost one honest question.
- Screen Time limits not working? Why Ignore always wins
The settings that make limits stick, and what to add when limits alone don't hold.
- How to stop scrolling in bed at night
Willpower is lowest exactly when the feed is strongest. Build the plan on something else.
- Why app blockers don't work
Hard walls last two to four weeks. What the research says holds longer.
- A TikTok time limit that actually holds
TikTok's own limit is a suggestion. Per-visit windows are not.
In your browser
- Hide YouTube Shorts without losing YouTube
Feed and Shorts off, search and subscriptions on. Open the feed on purpose when you choose.
- Block distracting websites in Chrome, without a wall
Cold turkey gets uninstalled. Gate sites behind one question instead.
- Hide the X feed, keep the rest
Timeline off. Notifications, messages and profiles still work.
- How to stop doomscrolling at work
Desktop drift hides inside real work. Put a check-in on the browser.