Focus: Phone

The Task For 2 weeks, do not bring your phone into the bathroom. The Philosophy This is intended to be an embodiment of virtue that you can master without enormous amounts of will power. The victory isn’t superficial. To Cage the Beast, you must win control of all the rooms in your house. You will win your first territory. Scoring Each day, you begin 2 points. If you bring the phone into your bathroom in your house, even accidentally, you lose a point. ...

A Beast on the Loose For many, a phone addiction feels unbeatable. We are unlocking our phones 40+ times a day. We shudder to look at the usage statistics. “Really, I spent 6 hours on my phone today?” We are losing precious years of our lives, losing time with our friends and family. Potential prodigies are vegging fulltime. The phone is like a lion, terrorizing our lives. It is the King of the Urban Jungle. You cannot live with a lion on the loose. You must cage the beast. ...