In a lot of ways, modern life requires you to do so.

But prolonged screen time can have some negative health effects as many of us are aware of.

Let’s see how you could do that on your Android rig.

Samsung phone with built-in Samsung apps in folder

That is unless your work revolves around those platforms, of course.

The goal here is to become more mindful about how and how much content you consume in a day.

It can help you save time and become more disciplined about how you spend it.

Gboard’s editing mode on an Android phone.

you might even set goals to make this process more fun.

Don’t make it too hard too quickly; you might not be able to keep up.

Instead, start small and build up over time for best results.

Person holding the Google Pixel 8a showing the apps menu

person holding an alarm clock

Set app timer 1

Set app timer 2

Set app timer 3

Set app timer 4

Samsung Digital Wellbeing menu

Samsung select apps for app timer

Samsung set an app timer

Samsung App timers menu