Just slap on toothpaste and you’re good to go. Your toothbrush has a flashy color to make you notice it on the two daily occasions when you need it. They prompt you to let go of them as soon as you’re done.They require as little time as possible of you once you pick them up.They only trigger you when it actually benefits you to use them.Great tools share three characteristics, which prevent this dilemma: They encourage us to use them long after they’ve fulfilled their purpose, spending a lot more time on our minds than they should. The resources they’re trying to preserve are our time and attention. The behavior all great tools are optimized for is mindfulness. That’s why, instead of centering my phone setup around certain features, I designed it based on how I aspire to behave. Our phone is a device to achieve certain outcomes and our behavior with this tool should reflect that. In a few easy steps, we’ll turn your phone into a mindfulness enhancer, making it the useful tool it was always meant to be.īut before we start, a quick primer on what makes good tools. Your phone is your toothbrush’s arch enemy, trying to suck as much energy out of you as it can.
I can’t see why anyone would need to use their phone 17.5 hours a week, unless they work part-time at a call center. According to the latest Nielsen report, we spend 2.5 hours on our phones, every single day. It constantly clamors for your attention and, once it has what it wants, never lets go. That makes your phone a lousy tool at best. Why? You only use it when you’re supposed to, for as long as you need to and never forget what it’s for.Ī great tool serves only one purpose: to put control in your hands at all times, whether you’re wielding it or not. Your toothbrush is the greatest tool of all time. If your phone was more like your toothbrush, your life would be a lot better. Optimizing your iPhone to make you more productive means being more mindful about using it as a tool-not a distraction Note: This guide is for iPhone users, but all optimizations are transferable to other brands and operating systems.
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