4. Use a real alarm clock, not your phone alarm, to keep the phone out of your hands in the morning. 5. Guard your morning disciplines and evening sleep patterns by using phone settings to mute notifications between one hour before bedtime to a time when you can reasonably expect to be finished with personal disciplines in the morning (9 p.m. to 7 a.m. for me). 6. Use self-restricting apps to help limit your smartphone functions and the amount of time you invest in various platforms. 7. Recognize that much of what you respond to quickly can wait. Respond at a later, more convenient time.
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