{"id":4373,"date":"2022-01-15T17:43:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T16:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/15\/ten-ways-to-take-control-of-your-smartphone\/"},"modified":"2022-01-15T17:43:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T16:43:38","slug":"ten-ways-to-take-control-of-your-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/15\/ten-ways-to-take-control-of-your-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten ways to take control of your smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Overwhelmed by messages, notifications and distractions? You can reclaim your focus without a full digital detox<\/p>\n<p>Are you in control of your smartphone or is it in control of you? Sometimes it is difficult to tell. One minute you might be using FaceTime to chat with loved ones or talking about your favourite TV show on Twitter. Next, you\u2019re stuck in a TikTok \u201cscroll hole\u201d or tapping your 29th email notification of the day and no longer able to focus on anything else.<\/p>\n<p>We often feel like we can\u2019t pull ourselves away from our devices. As various psychologists and Silicon Valley whistleblowers have stated, that is by design.<\/p>\n<p>Becca Caddy is the author of <em>Screen Time: How to Make Peace With Your Devices and Find Your Techquilibrium<\/em> (Blink, \u00a314.99). To support the <em>Guardian<\/em> and <em>Observer<\/em> order your copy at <a href=\"https:\/\/guardianbookshop.com\/screen-time-9781788704212?utm_source=editoriallink&amp;utm_medium=merch&amp;utm_campaign=article\">guardianbookshop.com<\/a>. Delivery charges may apply<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/jan\/15\/ten-ways-to-take-control-of-your-smartphone-attention-screentime\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/55e471893c093e6d51c8e91e69ea8957da4c495f\/0_0_2480_1487\/master\/2480.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d20232d3605465191b36759be4498a1d\" title=\"Ten ways to take control of your smartphone\" \/>Overwhelmed by messages, notifications and distractions? You can reclaim your focus without a full digital detox<br \/>\nAre you in control of your smartphone or is it in control of you? Sometimes it is difficult to tell. One minute you might be using FaceTime to chat with loved ones or talking about your favourite TV show on Twitter. Next, you\u2019re stuck in a TikTok \u201cscroll hole\u201d or tapping your 29th email notification of the day and no longer able to focus on anything else.<br \/>\nWe often feel like we can\u2019t pull ourselves away from our devices. As various psychologists and Silicon Valley whistleblowers have stated, that is by design.<br \/>\nBecca Caddy is the author of Screen Time: How to Make Peace With Your Devices and Find Your Techquilibrium (Blink, \u00a314.99). To support the Guardian and Observer order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. Delivery charges may apply Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overwhelmed by messages, notifications and distractions? You can reclaim your focus without a full digital detox Are you in control of your smartphone or is it in control of you? Sometimes it is difficult to tell. One minute you might be using FaceTime to chat with loved ones or talking about your favourite TV show &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/15\/ten-ways-to-take-control-of-your-smartphone\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ten ways to take control of your smartphone<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4374,"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\/4373"}],"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=4373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}