{"id":17068,"date":"2019-10-02T00:14:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T00:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-could-i-spend-less-time-on-my-phone-i-spend-like-4-hours-a-day-and-to-be-honest-some-of-it-is-in-good-apps-like-fabulous-and-calm-but-a-lot-of-it-is-youtube-too-where-i-convince-myself-i\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:46:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T15:46:04","slug":"how-could-i-spend-less-time-on-my-phone-i-spend-like-4-hours-a-day-and-to-be-honest-some-of-it-is-in-good-apps-like-fabulous-and-calm-but-a-lot-of-it-is-youtube-too-where-i-convince-myself-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-could-i-spend-less-time-on-my-phone-i-spend-like-4-hours-a-day-and-to-be-honest-some-of-it-is-in-good-apps-like-fabulous-and-calm-but-a-lot-of-it-is-youtube-too-where-i-convince-myself-i\/","title":{"rendered":"How could I spend less time on my phone? 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It's a lack of routine.<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/start.thefabulous.co\/onboarding\/fabulous-initial?utm_source=community-qa&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=afterfirstquestionoranswer-purple-achievegoals\" class=\"banner-cta red w-inline-block\">\r\n<div>Build yours now<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Rochus X.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I would start by taking small breaks that eventually become longer each day. \u201cI\u2019ll stay off my phone for 5 minutes.\u201d Then 10- then a half hour- etc. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elisa F. First I think you need to set a goal to reduce your phone time. Then use settings to set time limits on time wasting apps. Monitor each day and reward yourself in other ways for not reducing your phone time. Rochus X. 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