The Practical Digital Detox Playbook

Felix Zhu

Health & Wellness

Health & Wellness

The Practical Digital Detox Playbook

Step-by-Step Strategies to Break Screen Addiction, Reclaim Focus, and Build Intentional Tech Habits

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About This Book

A realistic, gradual system to reduce screen time, rebuild deep focus, and redesign your relationship with technology — without throwing away your smartphone or moving to a cabin. Covers the science of screen addiction, the 7-day screen audit, phone reset, email and notification detox, social media without the scroll hole, deep work, and offline life design.

What You'll Learn

Table of Contents

  1. The Practical Digital Detox Playbook
  2. Step-by-Step Strategies to Break Screen Addiction, Reclaim Focus, and Build Intentional Tech Habits for Busy Professionals — Without Going Off the Grid
  3. Felix Zhu
  4. Introduction: The Screen Trap — How We Got Here
  5. Three Core Principles
  6. Chapter 1: The Science of Screen Addiction — What’s Actually Happening in Your Brain
  7. The Slot Machine in Your Pocket
  8. The Dopamine Loop
  9. The Attention Economy’s Toolkit
  10. The Cognitive Cost of Multitasking
  11. Why Willpower Keeps Failing You
  12. Chapter 2: The 7-Day Screen Audit — Measure Before You Fix
  13. Setting Up the Audit
  14. Analyzing the Results
  15. Understanding Your Trigger Categories
  16. Now What?
  17. Chapter 3: Phone Reset — Turning Your Biggest Distraction into a Tool
  18. The App Audit: Three-Folder System
  19. Home Screen Redesign
  20. Notification Restructuring
  21. Creating Friction: Tiered System
  22. One-Week Phone Reset Calendar
  23. Chapter 4: Email and Notification Detox — Reclaiming Your Attention
  24. The Batch Processing Method
  25. Communicating Your Batching Schedule
  26. What If Your Role Requires Rapid Response?
  27. The Inbox Zero Mindset
  28. Unsubscribe Aggressively
  29. Notification Batching
  30. The Weekend Email Rule
  31. ... and 48 more chapters

Who This Book Is For

Ideal Reader

A realistic, gradual system to reduce screen time, rebuild deep focus, and redesign your relationship with technology — without throwing away your sma...

Reading Level

Written in clear, accessible English. No jargon, no fluff. Beginner-friendly with step-by-step instructions.

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About the Author

Felix Zhu is an independent author and publisher based in Shenzhen, China. Under the Hearth Veil Press imprint, he writes practical non-fiction across AI, finance, pet care, and wellness — as well as the Cage of Light and Shadow fantasy series. Every book is built to solve a real problem, with no fluff and no filler.

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