Your Phone is Distracting You More Than You Might Think. Here’s How.
The harmful effects of overusing your phone and how you can stop it.
I had to check an important message from a client on my phone this morning.
I opened my phone, and my subconscious quickly opened Instagram instead of the message. I found some exciting reels, so I kept scrolling. Then, I was watching people’s stories.
A new email popped up. I read the mail and then opened Facebook.
“Five new notifications? They must be from the article I shared with the group the other day.”
I was in a seemingly unending loop of switching between apps. I had forgotten why I picked up my phone in the first place — to check my client’s message.
It came to my attention after 20 minutes of mindless scrolling and app-switching.
WTF?
I was shocked.
The sad part is that it isn’t the first time something like this has happened. Often, I would be using random apps on my phone and then realize, “Why did I pick up the phone initially?”
I have way more important things to do than scrolling through my phone. Yet, I spend almost two hours daily on the device, 90 percent of which is…