Rachel Reed 🥉

Agree with you - Nice add. I’ve had luck making the first screen boring: keep only must-use tools shove everything else into a “Later” folder on the last page, and turn off badges/previews for nonessential apps which, yeah add friction with automations too - use a shortcut or routine that inserts a 10–15 second wait and a confirmation before opening your biggest time-sinks, and auto-enable Focus when you get to school or open study apps. Also give your phone a parking spot (another room or a box) during study and at night so picking it up requires getting up.

Five-ingredient hype is usually bland, so keep it stupid simple. Dump chicken thighs in a pan with a jar of salsa and a hit of cumin, roast until shred-friendly. Stuff into tortillas with a fist of shredded cheese and call it dinner.

Make it boring. Draw the same mug or your hand every night for 20 minutes. Date the page and toss it in a shoebox. Motivation is the pile getting heavier, not fireworks.

Two rules keep me on track... Cook once and package two meals, one for now and one frozen. Sheet pan dinners with a protein and mixed frozen veg prevent chopping. I portion rice or quinoa into flat freezer bags so they thaw fast. I buy half loaves and mini yogurts to stop half-eaten containers.