✨ ok, new find for those craving a little digital discipline. it’s called brick, and it basically turns your phone back into just a phone. it’s a little magnet you stick somewhere (mine’s on the microwave). i have it scheduled so every night by 8:30, i brick myself. that means my phone locks me out of every app i picked (yes, including substack… and yes even on web browser!!), and the only way to unlock it is to physically tap it to the brick.

there’s no bypassing it. no “just five more minutes” loophole. screen time limits never worked for me. this is just pure, inconvenient friction… which is exactly the point.

when i wake up, i can’t do anything interesting on my phone until i get up and walk into the kitchen to unbrick it. highly recommend!!