One job per ping
Stand up. Take a medicine. Start the wind-down. If a notification tries to do all three plus a social like, it will be ignored. Medicines may need alarms — that is a different class of ping.
Unless you genuinely enjoy it. Many people do not.
Kill the game layer
- Streak shame
- Leaderboard alerts
- “You are behind” emails
Review monthly
Apps reset defaults after updates. A five-minute audit keeps the wrist from becoming a second workplace. Silence is a feature.
If you miss every reminder, the habit needs a smaller version, not a louder bell.
