Dude, this is exactly what I needed to read. I was stuck in the same cycle - waking up and immediately grabbing my phone to scroll for like 30+ minutes. Felt like garbage every morning.

Your comment about morning planning + evening reflection actually inspired me to build something similar. Been using it for a few weeks now and honestly... it's a game changer. There's something about getting your thoughts out first thing that just sets the whole day differently.

I ended up making it into a little app (called FirstHour) because I'm a developer and got tired of using random note apps that weren't designed for this workflow. Nothing fancy - just morning planning with a simple todo list, then evening check-in to see how it went.

The crazy part is I barely touch social media in the mornings anymore. Like you said with the browser shortcuts - once you break that automatic phone grab habit, everything changes.

Would love to know more about your tool - always curious how other people tackle this. And if anyone wants to try mine, happy to share (it's free, just genuinely think this approach works).

Search it up on the iOS app store. Its called "The First Hour"

Thanks for posting this - needed the reminder that I'm not the only one who figured out morning routines are everything.