Smartphone Addiction...
At our wellbeing session yesterday we talked about mobile phones and how important it is to ensure you have healthy boundaries in place.
The average person spends 4.5 hours/day on their phone. They are incredibly useful but also create a powerful draw that is hard to resist and since most of us depend on our phone for various tasks, it is easy to ignore the red flags of mobile addiction.
Some red flags that could indicate a problem:
Have you found yourself feeling anxious if the phone is not around?
Do you feel the need to have your phone with you constantly?
Are long conversations made via text instead of face-to-face?
Do you favour time spent with your phone over time with friends/family?
Do you have trouble focusing on tasks due to an urge to check your phone?
Is sleep disrupted due to phone usage late at night?
Has there been a decrease in motivation, productivity, and creativity?
Strategies to combat smartphone addiction
Be honest with yourself and challenge smart phone use.
Set timers on certain apps and stick to it.
Put your phone in another room or turn it off when you need to focus.
Only allow calls/messages to be notified from certain numbers.
Turn off all other unnecessary notifications.
Unsubscribe from social media accounts that don’t bring value to your life.
Plan and take regular breaks away from your phone.
Instead of winding down with your phone, find alternatives such as talking to friends/family, playing games, watching a film without your phone next to you, exercise/stretching, drawing/colouring, reading, going for a walk…
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