Tag: reduce screen time

  • What Happens If You Reduce Screen Time After Work? (Week Test Results)

    Person choosing to reduce screen time after work by putting down their phone and picking up a book in a cozy living room

    After work, I often told myself I was relaxing — but most evenings still ended with more scrolling, more videos, and more screen time. So I tried reducing screen time after work for one week. I didn’t remove technology completely. I just created a clearer cutoff and replaced some screen time with quieter evening routines. The biggest change was that my evenings started to feel less scattered.
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  • The 48-Hour Screen-Time Reset: Phone Settings Checklist + What to Do Instead

    For a while, I noticed that my phone was filling more of my free time than I wanted. It was not one dramatic problem. It was the small moments: checking it during breaks, opening apps after work, scrolling while waiting for something, and reaching for it whenever there was a quiet pause.

    By the end of the day, I often felt like I had not really rested. I had just moved from one screen to another. So I tried a simple 48-hour screen-time reset. Not a full technology ban. Not a strict digital detox. Just two days of making my phone less automatic and giving myself a few better things to do instead.

    Here’s the reset I used. (more…)