Digital detoxes don't work, small habit changes do
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According to the iPhone’s screen time feature, my screen time has been embarrassingly high lately: I’m averaging 3-4 hours a day. I’m not someone who could really take an extended digital detox or delete my social media accounts, due to the nature of the type of job I have. But the research on digital detoxes suggests they’re not that helpful, anyways: you might break up with your phone for however many days the detox lasts, but then you just return to all your old habits, nothing changed. Experts say the real work comes in unlearning those learned daily behaviors — the compulsion to pick up your phone 52 times a day.
Digital detoxes don't work, small habit changes do
Digital detoxes don't work, small habit…
Digital detoxes don't work, small habit changes do
According to the iPhone’s screen time feature, my screen time has been embarrassingly high lately: I’m averaging 3-4 hours a day. I’m not someone who could really take an extended digital detox or delete my social media accounts, due to the nature of the type of job I have. But the research on digital detoxes suggests they’re not that helpful, anyways: you might break up with your phone for however many days the detox lasts, but then you just return to all your old habits, nothing changed. Experts say the real work comes in unlearning those learned daily behaviors — the compulsion to pick up your phone 52 times a day.