{"id":10585,"date":"2023-07-04T13:37:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/04\/i-deleted-my-twitter-account-eight-readers-on-how-they-avoid-digital-burnout\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T13:37:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:37:17","slug":"i-deleted-my-twitter-account-eight-readers-on-how-they-avoid-digital-burnout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/04\/i-deleted-my-twitter-account-eight-readers-on-how-they-avoid-digital-burnout\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I deleted my Twitter account\u2019: eight readers on how they avoid digital burnout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Screen time can feel all-consuming. But there are ways to combat it. Guardian readers explain the rules, hobbies and habits that help them maintain healthy lives offline<\/p>\n<p>My work communications come primarily through three WhatsApp groups, so the blending of personal and work has felt pretty unavoidable. Then, I accidentally kept my phone on Do Not Disturb \u2013 ie. all notifications were silenced \u2013 for a week. It was bliss! As I still use my phone constantly, I picked up enough of the messages to show I\u2019m still engaged in life and work, but since I don\u2019t have the constant notifications I feel much calmer. It\u2019s been months now and it\u2019s been fine. Victory! <strong>Ammie Johnstone, Glasgow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2023\/jul\/04\/i-deleted-my-twitter-account-eight-readers-on-how-they-avoid-digital-burnout\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/cd79aa40166b6bbeda8a0cbe8f3de8b34c284ead\/0_526_7937_4765\/master\/7937.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f711f355d04fee2723293cbf20b2fbf3\" title=\"\u2018I deleted my Twitter account\u2019: eight readers on how they avoid digital burnout\" \/>Screen time can feel all-consuming. But there are ways to combat it. Guardian readers explain the rules, hobbies and habits that help them maintain healthy lives offline<br \/>\nMy work communications come primarily through three WhatsApp groups, so the blending of personal and work has felt pretty unavoidable. Then, I accidentally kept my phone on Do Not Disturb \u2013 ie. all notifications were silenced \u2013 for a week. It was bliss! As I still use my phone constantly, I picked up enough of the messages to show I\u2019m still engaged in life and work, but since I don\u2019t have the constant notifications I feel much calmer. It\u2019s been months now and it\u2019s been fine. Victory! Ammie Johnstone, Glasgow Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screen time can feel all-consuming. But there are ways to combat it. Guardian readers explain the rules, hobbies and habits that help them maintain healthy lives offline My work communications come primarily through three WhatsApp groups, so the blending of personal and work has felt pretty unavoidable. Then, I accidentally kept my phone on Do &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/04\/i-deleted-my-twitter-account-eight-readers-on-how-they-avoid-digital-burnout\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018I deleted my Twitter account\u2019: eight readers on how they avoid digital burnout<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10585"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}