I was discussing the little car we had a couple of weeks ago with a friend this morning. The main advantage I found was that it didn’t have the little holder for my phone on the dashboard and the cup holder didn’t fit my drink and phone in conveniently.
Therefore, I put my phone in the back cup holder, it was a tiny car, meaning that it was never in my eye line
and I never noticed any notifications etc. In my own car, I don’t actually open them on my phone while driving but I know I’m distracted thinking about what it my say.
On holiday last week, I forgot to take some of my usual waterproof stuff with me. Which also meant I left my phone at the house whenever we went to the beach, when we we re there I didn’t think about it once. When we got back to the house, I quite often forgot about it until much later
in the day.
This isn’t a post about hiding your phone away though, it’s highlighting that “out of sight, out of mind” can work.
I know somebody who wanted to reduce the amount they drank at home, so they put their cans of lager and wine in the shed straight from shopping. That way there was effort required to access the booze and most of the time, the effort wasn’t required. It also removed the open the fridge and see it in front
of you problem.
Food noise for me can be through the roof, especially if I have started something. Therefore, I don’t have anything in the house; if I want some chocolate, I have to walk around to the shop.
Thankfully, I’m good at sticking to rules and won’t have Fran’s or the kids stuff.
What could you move out of sight that would making your health goals easier?
Alternatively, moving something in to sight. One of my clients has a kettlebell in the doorway to the kitchen, the rule is to pick it up and put it down when they walk past it. Not intense, not hard, but those reps add up over the day.
Give it a try.
Darren “Nutkin” Checkley