Recovery Tools

Here are the tips and tricks I learned along my journey:

Last update: 20210613

Master List

  • Therapy Tools
    • Lines (My Format)
      • Top
        • Low Energy
        • High Energy
        • Outside
        • Inside
      • Middle (unchanged)
      • Bottom (unchanged)
    • Turning Off Phone at night
    • Start with just 1 thing
    • Blocker Mindset
      • Soft parental love over strong stern father "no fuck you"
    • Emotional mediation
      • My Example:
        • Self-care
          • Basics
            • Blanket Burrito (Snuggle self in blanks around me)
            • Make Bed
            • Water
              • Bonus: Ice
          • Thorough
            • Shower
            • Journaling
            • Improvement Journal
              • See Habits
    • Negative Gratitude List
      • two columns
        • Column 1)
          • List of Negative items that happened during he day
        • Column 2)
          • What I'm grateful for/ Reframe of Negative items
    • Accountability Tools
      • Co-working calls using My Format
        • Weekly Format
        • 25 min stints
        • Social Chat scheduled
        • 3 questions:
          • "feelings check-in"
          • "What are our short term goals for next 25 mins?"
          • "How did you do on your short term goals?"
      • Productivity Gradations:
        • NOTE: Visually Show Rings of Emotional Support
        • Pomodoro timer
        • Signal Bookending group
        • Bookending Via Text
        • Bookending via Call: (Self Prompted end time)
        • Bookending via Call: (Self Set time + Agreedupon fail case)
        • Bookending via Call: (Preset Timer + Checkin )
        • Co-working calls (Zoom/Whatsapp video)
      • 2 Week Trial Period
      • Monthly Accountability Review/Constructive Criticism
        • "difficult conversation"
        • Strait to the point
      • Daily Accountability calls
        • Scheduling
          • Consistency:
            • Expectations:
              • Voice Memos As Fallback
              • Call/Text next day
          • Times:
            • Morning
            • Night
        • My format:
          • My share
          • There share
          • Pause expectation
          • Standard questions
            • What type of feedback would you like?
              • A) Advice
                • Direct:
                  • "Heres what 'you' should do about X"
                • Soft: Suggestions
                  • "Here's what i have done about X"
              • B) Reflection
                • "I relate to X"
                • Tie back to things they Shared
              • A & B)
          • Fun Activities
            • Airhorn
            • 3 things I'm Gratefull for
              • Invention (or Technology)
              • Therapy Thing
              • External Thing (outside of myself)
            • Doodle Shares
              • See Photo of one of my shares here...
    • Beginners Mindset
      • See Habits 1% improvement
    • Montras
    • Stop the tape
    • Self love:
      • Positive Affermations
    • Framing/Reframing
      • Language
      • The story we tell others
      • The story we tell ourselves
  • Blockers:
    • Mindset
      • See Therapy Tools → Blocker Mindset
    • Cold turkey
      • frozen turkey
    • Google Family Link
      • Giving password to recovery partners x3, at lease 3 equally spaced time zones
      • Backup password to trusted family member
    • Covenant eyes
    • Freedom (iOS)
    • Freetime
    • Screen time (iOS)
  • Trackers:
    • Timer Tracking / Usage Patterns:
      • Coldturkey (Paid)
      • RescueTime (Freemium) (window, Android, ...)
      • "App Useage" (Android)
    • Emotions Tracking:
      • Daylio (Android)
  • Habbits:
    • Atomic habits - james clear
      • Habit stacking
      • 1% improvement mindset
      • Improvement Journal
      • 4 laws of behavior change
        1. make it obvious
        1. make it attractive
        1. make it simple
        1. make it satisfying
    • Star Chart
      • Link to star Chart Page
      • Photo of start chart
    • See Productivity Tools → Dayplan
    • Versioned Lists on fridge
    • Daily Checking Calendar "what is my next appointment?"
      • See Productivity Tools → Calendar
  • Productivity Tools
    • See Accountability Tools
    • One Journal To rule them all
      • Day plan
      • Bullet journal
      • Food Plan
    • FieldNotes
      • Small pocket sized
      • Protip:
        • Buy the leather cases for them its worth the investment ($10-15), they last longer when being subjected to the harsh environment of peoples pockets
    • Dayplan
      • Used for Planning: Next 6 hours
      • Mindset:
        • "This plan is a suggestion, and will change"
        • If I complete any of these tasks it is considered a win!
    • Calendar
      • Used for Planning: 24hours → 3 months
        • External things only
        • DO NOT USE FOR TASKS!
          • Will clog up your calendar, and add visual clutter
          • I've tried it doesn't work long term :(
      • Reminders
        • Google calendar set default reminders for
          • 10mins
          • 30mins
          • 1 hour
          • 1 day
      • Calendly.com links
        • Recovery
        • Work
        • Friends
      • Punch In "unconfirmed" while chatting with people
        • Confirm later with them "Are you still avaible at HH:MM pm (PST)?"
          • TIP: copy paste the time and date directly from your calendar
            • this can actually expose errors that you didnt see
  • Dumb Phones
    • Lightphone2
      • Full review
    • Flip phones
      • my story
    • Smartphone to dumbphone conversion (google family link)
  • Books
    • Atomic habits - james clear
    • Mary kando - the life changing magic of tiediying up
  • Misc
    • How to fix Notification issue on Outreach and Informal Support Groups
      • Mute Notifications Whatsapp reduce annoyance
      • The Fix
        • I found a fix that works for me!
        • Click and hold the chat, important! : deselect "show notifications" and set mute to "always" . If I ever need to receive notifications I just enabled them for like 10 mins, then turn them off.

How to fix Notification issue on Outreach and Informal Support Groups

I found a fix that works for me!

Click and hold the chat, important! : deselect "show notifications" and set mute to "always" . If I ever need to receive notifications I just enabled them for like 10 mins, then turn them off.


Review of Lightphone2

2020/9/6/

I've been using the phone for a few days. Got some real quirks. Typing,  really hard. Better than an flip phone,  but its kinda slow,  and I cant edit without deleting the whole sentence.  Calling works. Some of the interface follows its own design language like there is no "homepage " which is weird. Battery life is about as good a a Kindle.  Its actually exactly like a kindle bad typing and all, but it just can make calls.

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by oran collins
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