1. Download only the apps you need

The Apple App Store and the Google Play Store are buzzing with new applications as both have more than 900 000 in their catalogs. Does this mean that you should get the latest and greatest? Not necessarily. If you want to stay focused, why not adopt a habit of entering those application stores only when you NEED a certain kind of application? Cutting down the number of applications to only what you need will keep your app drawer cleaner and your distractions.
2.‘No-phone policy’ - don’t touch your phone after 11pm for a good sleep

Our biggest discomfort of owning a smartphone is at night. At the comfort of our bed, it’s easy to get tempted to read something, play a game or just do anything supposedly relaxing until you are ready to sleep. It does not work this way. Using a smartphone at night has huge negative implications on our sleep. Instead of relaxing our brain to ooze your body into sleep, using your smartphone at night keeps it tense and the bright light activates chemistry in your brain that is not associated with darkness and night. It’s hard to argue with the billion-year old habits of our body when darkness is associated.

3. Check notifications for your existing apps and cut them to a minimum

Facebook, social networking and instant messaging are probably the biggest abusers of your time, so if you have decided to keep them on your smartphone why not make sure that notifications come through only for the important stuff like direct messages and even direct messages from only certain people? Shutting down your ‘always-on’ status might seem like a sacrifice to social contacts, but it will help with your focus and paradoxically the more focused you are the more confidence you gain in your social interactions.

4. Keep distraction out of the way with a clean homescreen

We have already mentioned that you should only download the apps you need, but one more step to ensuring better focus is ‘out of sight, out of mind.’ Keep apps that you use scarcely (but still need them) off your homescreen cutting it to the bare minimum. This way, you won’t be tempted to start games or other time killers, as you simply won’t see them on your home screen!

5. Use different devices for different tasks - music, reading, so you don’t associate your phone with everything you have to do

That might seem absurd - after all, you’ve bought your smartphone just so you can do all those things in one device, but think about it. Reading on a smartphone quickly drains the battery and tires the eyes, watching videos is even worse for both and listening to music might not be as convenient without easily accessible physical buttons to switch between songs. Having different devices for different tasks might actually save you money and keep you more focused - after all, there are no distractions when you read on an e-book reader, are there?

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