Author: Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn / Source: did you know?
It’s not a well-kept secret that our smartphones were designed to be addictive, and phone companies’ success at achieving that has many people calling smartphone addiction a growing threat to public health. You probably know this from your own usage, even if you don’t want to admit it.
Maybe you even try your best to have phone-free time at home, but find it near impossible to stay disconnected.If so, you’re not alone. As a result, you, like so many others, likely experience the unpleasant side effects of too much phone time: distraction, depression, anxiety, and neck pain – just to name a few.
As someone who spends a lot of time in front of her laptop, I can attest to these side effects, which is why I’ve engaged an app that shuts down all my social media sites for allotted amounts of time when I need to focus on writing.
It was eye-opening to discover how hard it was for me at first. I often clicked out of my work and tried to scroll Facebook, only…
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