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What’s Happening

Okay so I stopped carrying two phones after I figured this out The Secure Folder on my Galaxy isn’t for secrets — it’s for work-life balance Source: Lucas Gouveia/Android Police | Olena Go/ By Ben Khalesi Published 1 hour ago Ben Khalesi covers the intersection of AI and everyday tech at Android Police.

With a background in AI and data science, he enjoys making technical topics approachable for those who don’t live and breathe code. Ben is rn based in Sydney and has four years of professional writing experience across technology and digital industries. (yes, really)

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The Details

Sign in to your Android Police account Add Us On Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap I used to be a two-phone person. I walked around with a flagship Android in one pocket and an IT-issued one in the other.

It was me, trying pretty desperately to split my life into labor and leisure. I thought physical separation was the only way to keep my boss from invading my Saturday afternoon.

Why This Matters

Turns out, what I fr needed was to draw better lines. Related These Google Calendar features quietly fixed my work–life balance These small changes subtly reshaped how I plan my days Posts By Anu Joy Seeing a work icon is enough to ruin your evening It’s Sunday evening, around 6 PM, and you’re trying to relax with a movie. The Outlook icon, right next to your Netflix app, is marked with a red 3.

Tech companies have been making moves like this as competition heats up.

Key Takeaways

• Even if you don’t open it, the damage is done.
• Your brain has left the person behind and entered employee mode.
• Research says it takes 23 minutes to get back into the zone after one interruption.
• So if you get a work badge, you’re already losing 23 minutes, even if you never touch the phone.

The Bottom Line

Research says it takes 23 minutes to get back into the zone after one interruption. So if you get a work badge, you’re already losing 23 minutes, even if you never touch the phone.

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