I’ve tried different things but my time always climbs back up to 6-7 hours a day. Sure my time on devices has gotten better, but I still scrolls reels for an hour or two a day. Most of my time on device is writing or chatting with Claude, or looking at stocks.

With a kid on the way, I don’t have time to be wasting on scrolling. So I’ve taken these steps recently:

Automatic Investing

I’m not trading currently, there are times to trade and times to hold still and we are in a hold still era. I buy VOO every month and that’s it. Scanning for stocks, reading reddit, doing analysis with Claude – I’m done for now.

Reading on an Xteink X4C

I’ve started reading on this tiny e-reader. It fits in my pocket. I can open it, read a page or two, and then put it away. I love it. I read for 2 hours yesterday in my downtime. Whenever I find myself looking for something to look at, I open this reader instead of my device.

I think I may be able to read for 3-4 hours per day but we’ll see how that goes when the baby arrives. At first she’ll be sleeping quite a bit and I’ll be up all hours of the night. I like that this thing doesn’t make noise, and can be held with just one hand.