{"id":5987,"date":"2014-01-23T09:55:21","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T14:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alifeofproductivity.com\/?p=5987"},"modified":"2021-12-03T21:25:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T21:25:45","slug":"productive-ritual-will-change-think-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/productive-ritual-will-change-think-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"This productivity ritual will change how you think about your smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Takeaway:<\/b> To become more motivated, focused, and productive throughout the day, put your phone into airplane mode between 8pm and 8am.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019ve come up with the best, most badass smartphone ritual ever.<\/p>\n

You ready for it? Here it is:<\/p>\n

Put your smartphone into airplane mode from 8pm to 8am.<\/b><\/h4>\n

That might sound like crazy-talk on the surface, but I\u2019ve been turning on airplane mode on my smartphone for 12 hours every day, from 8pm to 8am, for the last couple of weeks, and so far I\u2019ve had incredible results. You might need to adjust the ritual to fit your schedule, but I think 12 hours is the perfect amount of time to shut your phone off for every day. In my case, it\u2019s 1.5 hours before I go to sleep (9:30 pm), and 2.5 hours after I wake up (5:30 am).<\/p>\n

The ritual is very simple in theory, but many people have a lot of mental resistance to it, because 12 hours feels like a long time to go without feeling connected (even though you\u2019ll be asleep for 2\/3 of it). For that reason I\u2019m going to jump right into \u2018sales mode\u2019, and try to sell you on all of the benefits I\u2019ve experienced from this ritual.<\/p>\n

Nighttime benefits<\/b><\/h2>\n