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How I cured my phone addiction with 2 tiny notebooks

What to study

Desired Outcome

  • If you reach for your phone without thinking, 'cured' is the word you want to hear.
  • Here Peter's hands are busy with two small notebooks, and the phone just sits there.
  • So what goes in them that beats scrolling?
How the packaging works
Title

'2 tiny notebooks' sounds cheap and almost too simple beside a word as heavy as 'addiction', and that mismatch is what makes you curious.

Thumbnail

Regulars know Peter from the tattooed hands alone, and the top-down desk of camera, drive and keyboard shows the notebooks earning a place among real working gear.

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When your fix for a common bad habit is small and analogue, show it in use with the habit's trigger lying ignored in the same frame. Let the title pair a strong result word with how small the fix is.

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The transferable lesson

Show the small fix in use, with the temptation ignored nearby.

NicheProductivityPersonal Development
Click driverDesired OutcomeCuriosity Gap
Visual signalTop-Down ViewPhotographySingle-Scene CompositionNo face

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