# intentional friction

A small obstacle creates time to reconsider an automatic digital action.

## Practices using this concept

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### [Give infinite feeds an ending](https://live.freewith.tech/practices/give-infinite-feeds-an-ending.md)

An infinite feed becomes more deliberate when browsing and consuming are separated by a finite queue with an empty state.

**Start small:** Save one item to a finite Watch Later list, leave the feed, and consume only from that list.

### [Use personal social media only with a clear purpose](https://live.freewith.tech/practices/use-personal-social-media-only-with-purpose.md)

Personal social media needs a named purpose and a boundary that keeps it from becoming an automatic part of daily life.

**Start small:** Choose one personal social account and write down the single purpose that justifies keeping it.

### [Use low data as a boundary](https://live.freewith.tech/practices/use-low-data-as-a-boundary.md)

A deliberately limited mobile-data allowance turns constant connectivity into a conscious choice.

**Start small:** Disable cellular data for one app you do not need while moving through the day.

### [Reduce visual app pull](https://live.freewith.tech/practices/reduce-visual-app-pull.md)

Interfaces deserve less power to attract attention before a person has chosen what to do.

**Start small:** Move the app that pulls you most away from the first screen.

### [Add friction to addictive apps](https://live.freewith.tech/practices/add-friction-to-addictive-apps.md)

A small delay can create enough space to notice and reconsider a reflexive app opening.

**Start small:** Require authentication before opening the app you reach for most automatically.

### [Separate software contexts](https://live.freewith.tech/practices/separate-software-contexts.md)

Work, personal life, reading, and other contexts are easier to enter deliberately when software makes their boundaries visible.

**Start small:** Create one separate browser profile or workspace for the context that most often leaks into another.

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