Your attention is a dependency. Audit it like one.
The article discusses the importance of auditing our attention in relation to the apps we use daily. It highlights how useful tools can become overwhelming dependencies that distract us from meaningful engagement. The author suggests a practical approach to evaluate which apps truly serve our lives and which ones merely contribute to noise.
- ▪Many useful apps can turn into background noise over time.
- ▪A phone audit involves assessing which apps are necessary and which are just habits.
- ▪The article encourages readers to remove nonessential apps and limit notifications to regain focus.
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| Original publisher | DEV.to (Top) |
| Canonical URL | https://dev.to/jenueldev/your-attention-is-a-dependency-audit-it-like-one-43b1 |
| Publication time | Sun, 24 May 2026 08:08:49 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-24T08:37:31.504Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-24T08:37:31.504Z |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 298966) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Jenuel Oras Ganawed Posted on May 24 • Originally published at blog.jenuel.dev Your attention is a dependency. Audit it like one. #productivity #apps #culture #faith I like useful apps. I also know how quietly they turn into background noise. You install one thing for a real reason. A calendar. A Bible app. A note app. A bank app. A chat app for one group you cannot leave.
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