Reader Q&A #6 | My phone usage is down, but my computer use is up. Help!
When you realize that you're just trading in one device for another, what can you do?
E-mail, research, meal-planning, writing, grocery ordering, vacation planning, life planning — these are all things that we can use get done on our computers instead of our smartphones, eliminating the temptation to scroll or waste time.
Our computers aren’t temptation-free, however. In fact, for many (especially gamers), they can be their own version of a black-hole. The internet is the internet. Screens are screens. Which leads to today’s reader question…
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