# reset

Reduce the strongest default pulls and regain enough space to choose deliberately.

Use reset when technology interrupts attention, fills empty moments, or operates mainly through defaults.

## Practices

[Browse the complete practice index](https://live.freewith.tech/#practices)

### [Notifications off by default](https://live.freewith.tech/practices/notifications-off-by-default.md)

Every alert competes for attention, so interruption should be reserved for communication and events that genuinely require a timely response.

**Start small:** Choose the app that interrupts you most and turn off its alerts.

### [Keep phones away during social interactions](https://live.freewith.tech/practices/keep-phones-away-during-social-interactions.md)

A person sharing the moment should not have to compete with an unneeded phone.

**Start small:** Put the phone out of reach during one meal or conversation today.

### [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.

### [Put paper first for reflection](https://live.freewith.tech/practices/put-paper-first-for-reflection.md)

Thinking, reflection, and meaning-making can begin away from networked systems designed to pull attention elsewhere.

**Start small:** Write today's reflection in your paper journal.

### [Block trackers and ads](https://live.freewith.tech/practices/block-trackers-and-ads.md)

Attention and behavior should not automatically feed advertising and tracking systems across browsers, apps, and accounts.

**Start small:** Enable tracker blocking in your browser, or turn off tracking permission and personalized ads on your phone.

### [Map your digital toolkit](https://live.freewith.tech/practices/map-your-digital-toolkit.md)

A digital footprint is easier to control when its accounts, services, and dependencies are visible.

**Start small:** Use your password manager to list five important accounts.

### [Delete unused online accounts](https://live.freewith.tech/practices/delete-unused-online-accounts.md)

An account that no longer serves a purpose remains an unnecessary dependency and exposure.

**Start small:** Delete one unused account after saving anything you still need from it.

### [Badges signal only priority](https://live.freewith.tech/practices/badges-signal-only-priority.md)

Notifications decide when an app may interrupt. Badges should show only the items that still require a deliberate response.

**Start small:** Turn off the badge for the app showing your largest meaningless unread count.

### [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.

### [Reject optional cookies](https://live.freewith.tech/practices/reject-optional-cookies.md)

Accessing a requested function should not imply consent to unrelated tracking.

**Start small:** On the next consent banner, choose the option that keeps only necessary cookies.

### [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.

### [Keep only current-context tabs open](https://live.freewith.tech/practices/keep-only-current-context-tabs-open.md)

Open tabs should represent the current browsing context. Future material belongs in a separate read-later system.

**Start small:** Choose one browser window and close tabs unrelated to your current task, or save useful ones to a read-later list.

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