How I turned my smartphone into a quiet, distraction-free tool.

Phones are supposed to make life easier, but for me, they mostly make life distracting. Endless scrolling, notifications, and apps vying for attention, it’s exhausting. That’s why I built a phone setup that’s deliberately restrictive, not by blocking apps themselves, but by limiting the content they can access. I use a Pixel running GrapheneOS, which allows multiple user profiles (like separate…