3/17/2024 0 Comments Timer timer for 30 minutes![]() The impact is even more negative for children. That’s not to mention being able to withstand boredom, a lack of stimulation, and living without immediate gratification, for extended periods of time.Īs it turns out, there is evidence that indeed supports these intuitions. I think I share an intuition that many people hold, which is that screen time really does have a negative and measurable impact on one’s ability to focus, reason, and creativity. ![]() Luckily, I had/have enough self-control to not be jumping onto YouTube or those information rabbit holes while working-this was mostly threatening my free time, which I do not like to waste.īut still, an hour on YouTube or Wikipedia after work, spending a chunk of time just “unwinding” before getting around to reading, or exercising, or whatever I should have been doing, was not as relaxing as I wished.Īfter enough of these troubling notifications, I decided to take a stand: I would do whatever it takes to spend less time on my phone, and more time doing things that I actually wanted to get done. The main culprits were YouTube, which always has a just-short-enough video ready to recommend a user, and Google in general-being able to look up anything at any time, find any factoid or go down an information rabbit hole at any whim. ![]() (I never downloaded TikTok, but I still do have a LinkedIn). And that was even after I deleted the “big three” social media platforms: Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Įven if you do not set limits and restrictions for yourself using Screen Time, which you can find in the settings, you have probably seen the weekly notification pop up that shows you the hard data about your phone usage.įor the writer of this article, that weekly notification would often be over an hour long, sometimes several hours. ![]() I f you own an iPhone, then you are doubtlessly familiar with the feature called Screen Time. ![]()
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