A thread on why you should try setting your phone to grayscale (and what it is)

A trait I share with the great @tferriss is self-experimentation

I'm always looking to try new things, then share my results with you

My current experiment: Grayscale

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First off, what is grayscale?

Setting your phone to grayscale makes the display black, white, and gray - no color

It's listed under accessibility options (at least in iOS)

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"Why would I want to do that?"

Because it'll reduce the time you spend on your phone

How?

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Apps are designed with bright colors to make you use them longer

You wind up playing whack-a-mole with those red notifications all day long

It's also overly stimulating - the colors are like rewards

(triggering dopamine, something @devinmcdermot knows all about)

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Cut out the colors

Cut out the stimulating "rewards"

Cut down on screen time

Obviously, this isn't a surefire way to COMPLETELY break your phone addiction

But it will help

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I've had grayscale on for 97% of the time since Monday

I've definitely used my phone less

I'm going to keep it on and only turn it off when I need to

I recommend you try it out yourself!

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