Guides

Phone habits are shaped by where you are more than by how much you want to change them. These guides work on the room, the routine and the defaults — not on your willpower.

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Start here

How to improve screen time

Evidence-based ways to reduce screen time for adults, teens, and families. Learn how context, habits, and environment support healthier phone use.

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Every guide

11 guides on making phone boundaries hold without relying on willpower.

Foundations

How to improve screen time

Evidence-based ways to reduce screen time for adults, teens, and families. Learn how context, habits, and environment support healthier phone use.

6 min read

Foundations

Why screen time limits stop working

App timers and daily limits usually fade after a few weeks. Here is why they stop working, and what to use instead of a countdown you can dismiss.

4 min read

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Sleep & evenings

How to get off your phone at night

Sleep-friendly routines and practical steps to stop late-night scrolling and protect your sleep, without relying on willpower at midnight.

4 min read

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Sleep & evenings

Phone-free bedroom tips

Make your bedroom a screen-free space with simple changes that reduce late-night scrolling and help the room work as a place for rest.

4 min read

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Focus & attention

How to stop doomscrolling

Break the doomscrolling loop with practical steps that interrupt it early, rather than relying on noticing it halfway through.

4 min read

Focus & attention

A phone-free study or work space

Set up a desk, study or home office where deep work is the default — by changing the space rather than relying on concentration.

4 min read

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Families

Screen time rules for kids and teens

Clear, calm screen time rules that reduce conflict at home and protect sleep and focus, without turning parenting into monitoring.

4 min read

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Families

Homework without phone distractions

Practical ways to make homework time work at home — by changing where it happens rather than by checking up on what your teenager is doing.

4 min read

Families

Phone-free dinners that stick

A phone-free dinner table is the easiest household boundary to agree and the easiest to let slip. Here is how to set one up that survives a normal week.

3 min read

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Choosing & setting up

Choosing an app blocker

What separates an app blocker you still use in three months from one you turn off in a fortnight — seven things to check before you commit.

4 min read

Choosing & setting up

Phone policies that work in schools

What separates a school phone policy that holds from one that quietly stops being enforced — and how to reduce the burden on teaching staff.

4 min read

Choose the place. Set the boundary.

Limmi is a small device and an app that stops the apps you choose from opening in a room you choose. Everything works normally again the moment you leave.