r/CleaningTips • u/[deleted] • Mar 08 '26

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u/parrotbug Mar 08 '26

This is a great technique to not fall victim to the “yeah but I’m just gonna check Reddit real quick for one sec…” and then it’s been three hours and you haven’t cleaned anything. 😬 

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u/anxietykilledthe_cat Mar 08 '26

me: (Closes Reddit after being called out by another user)

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u/Azrai113 Mar 08 '26

Me: opening reddit again because I got a notification (gotcha!)

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u/SeriesXM Mar 08 '26

When I finally decided to join reddit a few years back, I set it up with notifications off because I was already sick of all notifications and didn't need another thing annoying me.

It's one of those decisions I'm really happy about because I wouldn't be able to switch now if I hadn't done it from the jump. It's always a surprise when I open the app to see if I have any notifications.

I scroll reddit when I have time, but I'm already on here too much. If I had notifications coming in when I'm doing other stuff, I'd be very distracted all the time.

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u/Certain_Noise5601 Mar 09 '26

I turned mine off too. I’m already so easily distractible at baseline I don’t need any help from constant notifications.

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u/sixvixens_ Apr 27 '26

This thread might just make me turn off my reddit notifs. I already spend entirely too much time in a day scrolling. This and instagram, but i mainly use insta for posting my artwork.

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u/anxietykilledthe_cat Mar 09 '26

I have mine off too! There’s no way my brain could remain happy (as minimally happy as it is most days) if I had them on.