Your Screen Time is Killing You

6 ways to get on top of it

“7 hours a day”.

This is what most people tell me their daily smartphone screen time is in my productivity workshops.

That’s 14 weeks a year staring at a cold little rectangle (and almost HALF of their awake time)!

“But I need it for work”.

And this is the convenient excuse I almost always hear.

No different to the alcoholic sales rep who “needs to” drink almost every night to entertain guests and close deals.

No different from the overweight and unhealthy person who is “so busy” that they “don’t have time” to exercise or eat a healthy meal.

These are just convenient excuses.

If you are happy spending almost half of your awake time staring at a cold little device, having your attention span and mental clarity seriously compromised, suffering a massive opportunity cost (imagine what else you could be doing with that time?!), and almost never being present in places and with the people around you, then stop reading right now.

Otherwise, re-consider how you use your phone.

1. Do work that can be done on your computer, on your computer.