Andrew Melder

Managing overwhelm in phone use.

This started off as a comment reply to a post from @ljpuk on potentially giving up on the smartphone; but got a bit long so I made it into a post instead.

https://andrewmelder.com/2026/04/13/managing-overwhelm-in-phone-use.html

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Managing overwhelm in phone use

This started as a comment on Lee Peterson’s post on …

Apr 13 at 7:40amWeb
Show threadLee Peterson (LJPUK)2d ago
@andrewmelder will give it a read later
Show threadDreams of Reed2d ago
@andrewmelder As someone who was addicted to their phone, I feel like I need to give this a good read.
Show threadAndrew Melder2d ago
@ReedYenara this is more an update on my current state rather than a full guide. I should document my journey and tools I've used so far at some point.