A 7-day dopamine detox for your browser
One week away from endless feeds: block your top three on day one, add a task before breaks by day three, and look at your redirects on day seven.
What the video shows
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Day one, block your top three feeds. By day three, add a task before every break. By day seven, look at how often you reached for them.
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In Redirect, that is three sites and one click each.
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Your redirects and breaks are counted, so you can see the change for yourself.
Read the transcript
A dopamine detox for your browser is simple: one week away from the feeds that never end. Day one, block your top three feeds. By day three, add a task before every break. By day seven, look at how often you reached for them. In Redirect, that is three sites and one click each. Your redirects and breaks are counted, so you can see the change for yourself. Get Redirect at heyredirect.com.
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