#screen-time

If you're happy with the amount of time you spend on the phone or computer, you're not wasting time... simple as that! =|X3

If you're not happy with your usage, identify why and put barriers into place that prevent you from engaging in that behavior. Don't let someone blanket tell you that using a screen is bad, it's not!

But every once in a while I'll get an ad that's like "you only have so many weeks left in your life, do you really want to waste so much time on your phone" or "instead of wasting <x amount of time> on your phone every day, do this 'productive' thing that I want you to do".

This smart alarm clock keeps your smartphone out of the bedroom – Future Blink

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“Loftie” features guided meditations, sound baths, and a variety of relaxing sounds to help you sleep better.  Read more…

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Let me make this incredibly clear *clears throat*:

Turn off your iPhone Screen Time notifications. Go ahead, do it. It’s OK. 

When every day of coronavirus social distancing feels like a Tuesday on repeat, the weekly iPhone Screen Time alert is one way to know it’s actually Sunday. And friends, it’s a brutal reality to wake up to when all you wanted to do was make pancakes and finish Tig…

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If you’ve been turning to your smartphone for connection to the outside world more than usual lately, you’re not alone.

iPhone users are accustomed to getting a “Weekly Screen Time Report”on Sundays. These provide stats about how much time people have spent looking at their phones over the last week. A notification of the report shows the percentage by which a person’s use was up or down…

How to manage kids’ screen time during coronavirus isolation

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Arcadia Kim usually has no problem with her three children enjoying time on their various screens. She even launched an effort called Infinite Screen Time to dismantle the guilt parents feel about the devices in our kids’ hands.

But on week four of her kids’ virtual learning after their Hong Kong schools closed in January, Kim started fretting about the hours they were spending on…

Owning a Tamagotchi for a week exposes the battle for screen time in the modern world

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It’s 2018, and what we all really want — and need, for that matter — is to be weaned off our screens. We’re desperate to regain control of our attention span and free ourselves from the number one time thief and stress factor of modern life. 

Digital wellness, as it’s been dubbed, is all about being mindful with our use of apps, limiting notifications and disturbances on our…