The Quiet Screen: How Busy Adults Can Break the Scroll Habit, Rebuild Deep Focus, and Reclaim Their Real Lives - Couverture souple

Bajwa, Danish Ali

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9699693169 ISBN 13 : 9789699693168

Editeur : Rk Books Publication, 2026

Synopsis

Your phone was designed to be hard to put down. This book shows you how to put it down anyway.

You pick up your phone to check the weather and surface twenty minutes later, somewhere you never meant to go. You sit down to do important work and find yourself refreshing a feed. You promise yourself an early night and end up scrolling in the dark. None of this makes you weak. Many of the apps you use every day are built to capture and hold attention, and willpower alone is the wrong tool for that fight.

The Quiet Screen offers a better one: a practical, research-informed plan for busy adults who want their phones to serve them instead of steering them. The goal is not to throw your phone away. It is to turn it into a quiet tool that helps when you call on it and stays silent the rest of the time.

Inside, you will learn:

- How the attention economy works, including variable rewards, infinite scroll, notifications, and AI-driven feeds

- What science really says about dopamine, habits, and the popular "dopamine detox"

- How to run a simple screen audit that reveals exactly where your time and attention go

- How to redesign your phone and home with calmer settings, smarter notifications, and helpful friction

- Proven techniques for handling urges, including urge surfing and "when-then" plans

- How to rebuild deep focus, protect your sleep, and rediscover the value of boredom and rest

- How to make screens work for your relationships with partners, friends, children, and colleagues

- A step-by-step thirty-day plan plus strategies for staying on track as technology keeps changing

Written in a clear, encouraging voice, with exercises, checklists, and realistic examples, this book treats you as a capable adult, not a problem to be fixed. Whether you are a professional drowning in notifications, a parent who wants to be more present, or anyone who feels their evenings slipping away, The Quiet Screen will help you take back your attention and spend it on what matters most.

Put the phone down. Pick your life back up.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rk Books Publication
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9699693169
• ISBN 13: 9789699693168
• Reliure: Tapa blanda
• Nombre de pages: 152
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible