Linked – How to Have a Healthier Relationship with Your Phone

There’s no question this is true:

“Our phones are the first things we see in the morning and the last things we see at night. They’re regularly by our sides (and bedsides). Any time we’re waiting anywhere for anything, we automatically pull them out. At the checkout line. At the doctor’s office. At the bank. At the bus stop. In the car line. In front of the microwave. In front of others.

Basically, any time there’s a pause, we pull out our devices. And often we don’t even realize we’re doing it. Because it’s become a reflex.

We also turn to our phones when we’re bored and when we’re feeling blue. We turn to them when we’re lonely and unsure. We turn to them to ease our discomfort. We turn to them because they’ve been designed to get us hooked. They’ve been designed to hijack our minds like slot machines.”

There’s also no question that we need to be more mindful of when and how we use our phones. This article has some ideas, and I might also look into the book they recommend as well.

https://psychcentral.com/blog/how-to-have-a-healthier-relationship-with-your-phone/

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