Chittagong
Gold Member
As a background, I have a pretty hectic job as an investor and business owner. It's hard to switch off.
Recently, I realised that from the moment I wake up, my screen is full of notifications. Emails, CNN, RT, Al-Jazeera, Lifesum, plus the usual WhatsApp and iMessages. When I go to my phone home screen, red badges everywhere, prompting me to have a look - mail, Linkedin, Facebook, hell even Netflix and TED Talks have a red badge. Notification centre is miles long, and my mild ocd dictates it needs to be attended to.
So I decided to massively reduce the amount of notifications I get
- Mail - no notifications, sound or badge. I open the app to see if there are mails.
- CNN, RT, Al-Jazeera, Guardian, Quora, Bloomberg, Apple News - no notifications, sound or badge. I swipe to the Today screen to see headlines if I want
- Netflix, TED, Pokemon Go - No notifications, sound or badge. There really is no need.
- LinkedIn - No badge, but notifications allowed since they are not meaningless shit like the badge
- Slack, Facebook - no notification, but a badge, and FB marketplace blocked
- My Fitness Pal, Lifesum, Grokker - probably gonna delete them altogether
- Dyson - I know the fucker will get stuck, no need to get notified
The only "essential" notifications I still allow
- iMessage, WhatsApp, Skype, Messenger - friends still matter
- Videos - new episodes of shows I like
- Calendar - so I can quickly accept
- Amazon deliveries - although I might turn this off, we have a concierge
- British Airways, Uber, Gett, Deliveroo - status updates related to a specific journey or food
- BBC - since they only notify of very big news, not even daily
Now, as a result, I wake up to mostly an empty lock screen, or like, one iMessage. My home screen doesn't compel me to tap to each app to remove the red dot. I manage actually wait until I am at work before I open Mail. And this is my Notification centre today:
Has anyone else reduced their digital stress? Does the good feeling it last?
Recently, I realised that from the moment I wake up, my screen is full of notifications. Emails, CNN, RT, Al-Jazeera, Lifesum, plus the usual WhatsApp and iMessages. When I go to my phone home screen, red badges everywhere, prompting me to have a look - mail, Linkedin, Facebook, hell even Netflix and TED Talks have a red badge. Notification centre is miles long, and my mild ocd dictates it needs to be attended to.
So I decided to massively reduce the amount of notifications I get
- Mail - no notifications, sound or badge. I open the app to see if there are mails.
- CNN, RT, Al-Jazeera, Guardian, Quora, Bloomberg, Apple News - no notifications, sound or badge. I swipe to the Today screen to see headlines if I want
- Netflix, TED, Pokemon Go - No notifications, sound or badge. There really is no need.
- LinkedIn - No badge, but notifications allowed since they are not meaningless shit like the badge
- Slack, Facebook - no notification, but a badge, and FB marketplace blocked
- My Fitness Pal, Lifesum, Grokker - probably gonna delete them altogether
- Dyson - I know the fucker will get stuck, no need to get notified
The only "essential" notifications I still allow
- iMessage, WhatsApp, Skype, Messenger - friends still matter
- Videos - new episodes of shows I like
- Calendar - so I can quickly accept
- Amazon deliveries - although I might turn this off, we have a concierge
- British Airways, Uber, Gett, Deliveroo - status updates related to a specific journey or food
- BBC - since they only notify of very big news, not even daily
Now, as a result, I wake up to mostly an empty lock screen, or like, one iMessage. My home screen doesn't compel me to tap to each app to remove the red dot. I manage actually wait until I am at work before I open Mail. And this is my Notification centre today:
Has anyone else reduced their digital stress? Does the good feeling it last?