Declutter Your Phone's Home Screen for Better Focus

Your home screen is the first thing you see every time you unlock your phone — dozens or hundreds of times a day. If it is covered with social media apps, games, and news feeds, each icon is a tiny invitation to get pulled in. You pick up the phone for a specific reason and end up somewhere else entirely.

Move everything off your home screen except the tools you actually need: phone, messages, camera, maps, calendar. Put social media and entertainment apps in folders on a second page, or better yet, bury them deep. The small friction of an extra swipe is surprisingly effective at breaking automatic behavior.