An honest experiment, not a product
A one-week phone reset. I'm running it myself, and I'd like a few more people to run it with me.
Not an app. Not a subscription. A structured week of saying what you'll use your phone for before you pick it up, then locking it away for the same stretch afterwards, to see whether the change sticks once the structure is gone.
What this actually is
Before each time you pick up your phone, you declare three things, out loud or written down: why you need it right now, which app or apps you'll use, and how long you need. You use it freely for that window. When the window closes, the phone gets locked away for the same length of time before you can pick it up again. No renegotiating, no "just five more minutes".
You choose the lock yourself: a timer, a screen-time limit, a lockbox, handing it to someone else for a stretch. The method doesn't matter. The ritual does: declare before, lock after, no exceptions.
"More like training a muscle than an app that should be on forever. The locked-up stretches are inconvenient, and that's only acceptable because it's bounded and you chose it."
Why I'm asking you to join, not buy
I tested an early, informal version of this on myself first, and my daughter ended up teaching me something I hadn't planned for. You can read that story here →
What I haven't done yet is run the full, structured one-week version properly. I don't know whether what changed for me in that small moment holds up over a real week, for people who aren't me. That's genuinely the open question. This page exists to find a few people willing to find out with me, not to sell something I've already proven works.
What I'm asking of you
Commit to one week of the declare-then-lock ritual, plus a short baseline day before it starts.
Notice and jot down what happens. A few lines a day is enough.
Talk to me honestly afterwards about what changed, what didn't, and whether it stuck once the week ended.
This is free, and it's genuinely small: a handful of people, because I want to pay attention to each person's week, not because of manufactured scarcity. I'll be in touch directly to arrange timing once a small group is together.
Register your interest
It takes a minute. No payment, no app to download. Just tell me you're in.
Prefer to talk it through first? On the call I'll ask about your past phone habits, then answer any questions about the week.
Book a 15-minute chat →or fill in the form below