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It helps to find valuable, rewarding ways to spend your time that specifically require you to not have a phone in hand ... I do a lot of outdoors stuff (hiking, climbing, mountaineering) which takes me outside of cell coverage, and mostly occupies my hands & attention.

Other people just do regular sports, closer to home... Cycling, tennis, basketball, soccer, whatever. Any decent sized town or city should have some kind of options.

Indoors, I like craft skills that require your hands & attention... I give myself a bit of repairing climbing/hiking gear, assorted home improvement projects, etc.

The point is, this is all stuff that intrinsically feels good, so it's rewarding on its own. I think the best choices also have a social option, so you can connect with people, at the same time.



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