Comparing 3 common tools to manage screentime

Most people don’t need to go too far into their day before they’re staring into a screen. 2 out of 3 people report checking email within the first 30 minutes of waking up. When looking for solutions, there are 3 ideas that come up frequently. Muting notifications from apps, turning your phone’s display to grayscale or finally trading your smartphone for a feature-less (or dumb) phone. In this article we compare the pros and cons of each approach.

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Instagram: Delete, Reinstall, Repeat. The tiring loop.

“I usually delete the app from my phone and sparingly use it from my desktop computer, which reduces the amount of time spent, but one way or another, I always end up downloading it again... In a never-ending circle of wasting time. - Reddit user” From burnout to lost creativity and poor wellness. Being constantly connected to devices creates challenges for workplace professionals, entrepreneurs, teens and young adults. What causes this and what can you do about it?

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How Parents Are Managing Screen Time for Kids: Key Insights from Pew Research

Parents of a child age 12 or younger” and “parents” refer to U.S. adults who are parents or guardians of at least one child age 12 or younger.

Parents with more than one child age 12 or younger were asked by the Pew Research Center to answer about one randomly selected child and may have children in other age groups. Child age groups throughout the report refer to the randomly selected child.

Throughout this report, “older child” generally refers to a child age 5 or older.

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So, you've returned to the office. How's your Digital Wellness?

Companies are normalizing at 3 days in the office. So now, not only are you spending time commuting – your phone enables you to work outside of “in-the-office” hours responding to e-mail and IMs. From the grocery line, while driving, or after putting the kids to bed. This digital debt, if unmanaged, is a sure way to burnout. And that’s bad for you and costly for your company.

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