How To Reduce Your Screen Time

While everyone has been staying safe indoors, I think it’s safe to say that most of us are now guilty of spending way too much time on our phones and tablets. Even those of us working from home and spending all our time in front of laptops on Zoom calls are surely guilty of checking our favourite apps just a little too much.

I noticed I had started a bad habit of looking at my phone while watching TV in the evening time, and even having one last sneaky look at Instagram and Facebook while in bed. And when someone told me you could go into your phone settings and see how much time you’ve spent on your phone, the feeling of guilt is hard to shift.

So, if you and the whole family think you’ve been on your devices too much and want to reduce screen time, what can you do? I have some foolproof methods to curb these bad habits, and even help you sleep better in the process.

Phone Free Zones

This first tip is less something which feels routine and boring but can turn out to be a fun game. Tablets at the dinner table are a real bug bearer for me, and there was a point when no matter where the family was all gathered, at least one person would be mindlessly flicking through their phone. This all stopped when I heard about having phone-free zones in the house.

The idea is simply to have one room the family spends time in where no one can bring a device in. I decided to go a little overboard on it by putting up some leftover hazard tape (from an old Halloween thing) and having a plastic box by the door like it is airport security. We even take turns being the security if the phone-free zone is somewhere like the kitchen with safety checks in place (i.e. the security guard for the day has to be in as we come in to check).

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How To Reduce Your Screen Time

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