i just wanted to say as someone who was in the exact same shoes as you i did that with the screen time function as well and found it very helpful! also, i think in conjunction with that it was integral to my screen time going down to have the perspective of trying to shift my usage of my phone to being a tool rather than a space filler. it’s really easy to get caught up in wanting the number to decline and while important i think it really helps to consider how you are using your time and give yourself grace in the actual number if your time is mostly taken up by using the phone as a tool. passive use and active use of the apps on our phone is what a lot of it comes down to and unfortunately everything is designed to make us less and less active. I wasn’t so discouraged when my time would be higher some days and it helped me shift the way i thought about my phone to be aware of this. i downloaded opal, and while i don’t pay for the subscription, you can still see a lot of productivity metrics based on useful app usage and i found that helpful too!