{"id":5567,"date":"2022-04-30T09:36:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T07:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/30\/two-weeks-no-smartphone-how-i-tried-and-failed-to-kick-my-screen-addiction\/"},"modified":"2022-04-30T09:36:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T07:36:24","slug":"two-weeks-no-smartphone-how-i-tried-and-failed-to-kick-my-screen-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/30\/two-weeks-no-smartphone-how-i-tried-and-failed-to-kick-my-screen-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Two weeks, no smartphone: how I tried \u2013 and failed \u2013 to kick my screen addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

James Ball spends countless hours a week staring at his iPhone. Would a fortnight with just old-school text messages and games of Snake shake him out of it? <\/p>\n

Plus! Five tips for resetting your tech life<\/strong><\/p>\n

One Monday morning early this year, bleary-eyed and getting ready for work, I am interrupted by a notification on my phone: an Apple Screen Time alert, informing me my usage last week was up by 60%: to 19 hours 24 minutes a day. I stare at the numbers for a while. Anyone who gets the recommended eight hours\u2019 sleep is awake for just 16 hours a day \u2013 I apparently spent several hours more than that using my phone. I share a screengrab with friends, who react with concern, if not much surprise.<\/p>\n

That I am a heavy phone user hardly comes as a shock to me, either \u2013 I work as an editor at an investigative journalism organisation on a team of more than 20, I have a second job as a columnist and I spend more time on Twitter than is good for anyone\u2019s sanity. Being glued to my phone is virtually a career necessity, even if I am guilty of spending an excessive amount of time on the game Tents and Trees<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n

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\nJames Ball spends countless hours a week staring at his iPhone. Would a fortnight with just old-school text messages and games of Snake shake him out of it? Plus! Five tips for resetting your tech life
\nOne Monday morning early this year, bleary-eyed and getting ready for work, I am interrupted by a notification on my phone: an Apple Screen Time alert, informing me my usage last week was up by 60%: to 19 hours 24 minutes a day. I stare at the numbers for a while. Anyone who gets the recommended eight hours\u2019 sleep is awake for just 16 hours a day \u2013 I apparently spent several hours more than that using my phone. I share a screengrab with friends, who react with concern, if not much surprise.
\nThat I am a heavy phone user hardly comes as a shock to me, either \u2013 I work as an editor at an investigative journalism organisation on a team of more than 20, I have a second job as a columnist and I spend more time on Twitter than is good for anyone\u2019s sanity. Being glued to my phone is virtually a career necessity, even if I am guilty of spending an excessive amount of time on the game Tents and Trees, too. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James Ball spends countless hours a week staring at his iPhone. Would a fortnight with just old-school text messages and games of Snake shake him out of it? Plus! Five tips for resetting your tech life One Monday morning early this year, bleary-eyed and getting ready for work, I am interrupted by a notification on …<\/p>\n

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