Blissio.ai

9 months ago, I quit my 6-year role at a startup. I felt lost and didn’t know what I was going to do with my life. One evening, I realized I had no time left in my day anymore, and something had changed. I was holding my iPhone 15 Pro Max, and I couldn’t understand why I was spending so much more time on it compared to my old slow Android phone. This phone was different. The shimmering colors on the screen invited me to keep using it, and everything was buttery smooth. Apps on the main screens were all bright and colorful, making it so easy to engage with. I started thinking about how things were when I had my old Samsung my battery would die every 3-4 hours. Yet now, with this iPhone, I found myself constantly plugged in. It dawned on me that I didn’t even know screen time existed. On the iPhone, it’s buried somewhere hard to find, almost as if they were hiding it. It looked like something from the 1990s an old graph, nothing like the sleek and beautiful health app graphs they charge for. That’s when I began digging deeper into how social media uses behavioral psychology to manipulate us. I learned how they employed thousands of psychologists to make their platforms as addictive as possible. One simple example? The little circles at the end of a story showing who viewed it. Suddenly, you're in the middle of doing something, but you want to check who saw your story. The pressure mounts, especially when you're somewhere expensive like traveling and you feel like you have to post about it. You’re not posting for you; you’re posting to be the mule for your friends who can’t live the life you’re living. As someone who got into coding to build the life I wanted, I started noticing how the addiction to these platforms was making everyone else miss out on the real world. On a train, I saw 9 out of 10 people doomscrolling. Kids waking up, stuck on their phones all weekend. It hit me: I hated everything about social media. I decided the next product I needed to create had to be about data science and AI, combining both passions to create something that could help people regain control of their time. That’s how Blissio.ai was born. Blissio.ai is a personalized digital wellness tool. It asks simple questions like your age, profession, and hobbies, and based on those, it creates focus sessions tailored specifically for you. We block apps based on what you need, whether for work, your hobbies, or age group. This way, we’re not arbitrarily blocking things, but helping you focus on what matters most. I’m so excited to share this with you all! How do you manage your screen time? Would love to hear your thoughts below! 👇