Make your phone boring with one setting

You know that feeling when you’re doom scrolling and just wasting your life away? It’s not just a lack of willpower; it’s a design flaw. Your phone is built to be the most eye-catching object in the room, and your brain is wired to chase that stimulation.

There’s a simple trick to break that loop: make your phone visually boring.

Go to your settings and search for “color filters.” Open that up and turn it on. The top option is usually “grayscale.” Leave it on that.

Suddenly, your phone is much less interesting to your eye. The vibrant colors that used to demand your attention are gone, replaced by shades of gray. It’s a small change, but it forces you to actually choose to pick up your device rather than being pulled in by its glow. Good luck resisting the urge to put it down.