Six months later, this small gadget is my secret weapon against doomscrolling
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As every aspect of our working and social life is digitized, screen addiction has become less an exception to our way of living and more a widely accepted characteristic of it. I see this most commonly when I ask my friends, family, and coworkers how many hours a day they spend on their phones. The answers range from 3 to 8 hours.
I spend about 4 hours a day on my phone, checking emails, responding to texts, scrolling through social media, and checking the weather. That's four hours I could be spending reading a book, writing an article, learning how to predict the weather, calling a loved one, and doing anything besides checking the time suck and brain rot that is social media sites and messaging apps.
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