We’re all a bit too reliant our phones these days…which makes breaking your phone addiction so challenging.
And it’s not just Gen Zers…Boomers are addicted, too!
If you need some help breaking your phone addiction, here are a few tips from the New York Times:
Treat it like a landline This has become a trend on TikTok recently: Pick a spot in your house and leave your phone there when you get home…that way, you’re less likely to carry it around and look at it every few minutes.
Try “batching” Rather than checking texts, social media and email all day long, set a few specific times when you check them all at once…say 15 minutes in the morning, another 20 minutes around lunch and maybe 45 minutes in the evening.
Use your computer to scroll If you have a job that requires some sort of social media monitoring or engagement, do it on an old-fashioned computer browser instead of on your phone.
Delete the super-addictive apps Social media and game apps are designed to hook you so try to keep the worst offenders OFF your phone.
Go phone-free on Saturday or Sunday Here’s a fun challenge for this weekend: Pick one day to try to go completely phone-free. That doesn’t mean you can’t bring your phone with you if you leave the house but try not to USE IT unless there’s an emergency.
As they say…one day at a time…and the first step…stepping away from the phone…is the hardest…you’ve got this!
