This Video Will Save You 9+ Years Of Your Life In 6 Minutes

These phone settings have helped me so much when trying to reduce the amount of time I spend on my phone. I recently went from around 2 hours and 30 minutes a day to around 35 minutes a day because of these changes. I hope you find them helpful.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Some Quick Math
1:05 - Intro II
1:51 - Step 1: Turn On Silent Mode
2:32 - Step 2: Delete Your Most Used Apps
2:59 - Step 3: Remove Apps From Your Home Page
3:28 - Step 4: Turn Off Notifications
4:13 - Step 5&6: Turn Off Tap To Wake And Raise To Wake
4:53 - Step 7: Turn On Grayscale Color Filter
5:28 - Outro + Bonus Settings

[thislambfire]

Some advice:
Nothing you do can solve your phone addiction unless you identify the reason you use these apps in the first place. It's probably a good reason, so that reason will inevitably drive you to go back on the changes you've made. For example: I used to autopilot to YouTube whenever I wasn't hitting a certain stimulus threshold. When I got rid of YouTube, I became more miserable and reinstalled it. That's because without yt, I was still antsy and bored, the only difference being that now I have nothing to fix my boredom. Then, when I picked up photography, my life kind of slowed down and I became invested in low stimulus activities like staring at trees. This eliminated my main cause for going on yt and thus made me use it less. So make sure that when you're making these sorts of changes, it addresses the reason why you do what you do in the first place. Don't beat around the bush, first look for the bush and then give it one big whack in its weak spot. That's how you make permanent progress instead of temporary progress 👍🏾

[JaredHathaway]

thank you Max, i was 22 when I watched your video and now im 13 now. Thanks for saving those 9 years of my life <3

[amritpreetarora]

*uses phone for minutes 😀

*proceeds to use laptop for hours 👍🏻

[zfx_tradez]

4 hours is very generous especially nowadays. I know people my age (16) that easily spend 9-12 hours a day

[teaguejones]

Rare sight of a youtuber asking people to delete youtube and better themselves. What a G

[facesizeburger]

This video is so good that I watched it on replay for four hours straight

[JustAPersonWhoComments]

Now I can finally spend all that extra time pondering life's greatest mysteries

[elenatufan]

I just want the old youtube that doesn't have shorts. Bcs long videos helped me and didn't bring me to endless scrolling. I just watched 1-2 videos a day and that's it. Now the app opens on shorts everytime and I get caught in the scrolling with the mindset that, , what if the next thing is interesting but I missed it"

[chase]

One thing to remember guys is that not all screen time is bad! I love to read on my phone because I have access to more books or i love following along to yoga/workout vids! I'm also one that just loves having something to listen to so ill play youtube vids like its podcast a while I cook or clean. Or maybe i'm calling friends and loved ones, or maybe I'm just watching my favorite show. Your phone is a tool, so maybe it's not the phone or screen time thats a problem, its how you use it. My biggest advice would just be being conscientious of what your doing on your phone!

[Kimnamjoon.]

I already did most of the things you suggested but I find myself spending so much time just going through the apps of my homescreen, just staring at my homscreen, bored, withouteven feeling like opening any app. That is when I know the addiction is really hitting hard. I just feel bored on my phone, like the only things I can do in my life are on my phone, when that is totally not the case.
I scare myself sometimes, by being like this...

[etherdemon]

As someone who gets sensory overload from electronics, I always used the yellow filter so my eyes weren't strained but the grey-scale one really really helps more so thank you.

[ayushmaned]

"STOP MEASURING DAYS BY DEGREE OF PRODUCTIVITY AND START EXPERIENCING THEM BY DEGREE OF PRESENCE."
- ALAN WATTS

[addison]

another one i do is to turn off fingerprint/face ID so you have to manually type in a passcode every time you open your phone. works especially well if you input a longer password because you don't necessarily feel like typing in a long password every time you want to check your phone

[Tanishaa-rvxj]

I had stopped spending more time on my phone but then I spent even more on other devices watching the same content 😂
Thanks Max, you helped me

[Overmotor]

As a 3D game artist I spend a LOT of my time on computers and in front of screens (8 hours a day Mon-Fri). I don't mind it too much but then getting off and goin right to the phone afterwards has become so normal. Honestly felt like a breakthrough when you said to delete the most used (unnecessary) apps like Netflix, YouTube or Instagram. Get's you away from using the phone as an extension of a computer and makes it solely for business/normal phone stuff.

[Annaonawave]

What helped for me was to find substitution for the time spent on your phone. I found myself on my phone mainly when I was bored and had nothing to do, it was my only way of relaxing when I was by myself. Instead, I started reading more, started playing an instrument, started djing. 3 years later I actually have tangible skills to be proud of!! (the band I play in now will release an album next month!) You can definitely do it! <3

Edit: we're called Ootes & we're on all music platforms :-)

[haleybenjamin]

This was honestly, a very well put video. I have ADHD so it's super hard to stay off my phone to get that dopamine. Definitely find myself in doom scrolling. I suppose I should look for some healthier means to get that dopamine. I say every so often that I am going to spend less time on my phone but never lasts long.

[mariafromgermany]

I saw this video just a day or two ago and immediately turned on these settings. It still feels a little weird, but I have barely used my phone since then, except for checking messages from friends and emails. I hope I can finally focus on university this next semester, and this will definitely help a lot! Thank you for the advice.

[hamzahussain]

Thank you so much for this! Just realizing that it can delete 11 years from my life is eye opening itself. I might not do all of this at once but it will definately help me cut back on my phone usage

[TheRealSarthix]

Since it’s not the first time YouTube recommended me these type of videos, I wanted to say it once for all: THESE VIDEOS ARE NOT FOR EVERYONE. Let me explain. So if you use your phone just for texting to people you don’t want to know and for, as this guy says, “scrolling” through YouTube Shorts and TikTok trying to find something funny that lets estrange you from reality, then yes, this video is for you. But if these hours on the screen have an actual purpose, like finding a new friend to chat with through a social media that lets you do that (like telegram, messenger, etc.) and exploring internet (and YouTube) content about your passions, than this is good for you and I know this because I found the meaning of my life with the combination of these two things. Think about that and don’t make arbitrary decisions just because everyone tells you to choose them.