In 2023, I would glue my self to the phone after reading book to our kid. But then our 5 year old would want to see what I am doing on my phone.
One day I was reading a reddit thread while she wanted to tell me something that happened in school. Someone told her her school lunch stinks because it is vegetarian and I brushed it aside.
That moment was a wake up call. I was addicted to a stupid reddit thread ignoring a real issue.
Now I don't use the phone around sleep time. We read books, talk about the day, get bored and tell imaginative stories but no phones.
The nice effect of that is I sleep earlier and have much better quality of sleep. Less baggy eyes.
Not using phone before sleep has increased quality of life significantly. I have longer attention spans during the day as well.
We really underestimate how negatively it's impacting our quality of life that we don't let ourselves get bored anymore.
My kids liked to listen to the radio while in the car. We stopped doing that - they fight it but we have conversations we otherwise wouldn't. Oh, and less Doja Cat in our lives isn't such a bad thing either.
One day I was reading a reddit thread while she wanted to tell me something that happened in school. Someone told her her school lunch stinks because it is vegetarian and I brushed it aside.
That moment was a wake up call. I was addicted to a stupid reddit thread ignoring a real issue.
Now I don't use the phone around sleep time. We read books, talk about the day, get bored and tell imaginative stories but no phones.
The nice effect of that is I sleep earlier and have much better quality of sleep. Less baggy eyes.
Not using phone before sleep has increased quality of life significantly. I have longer attention spans during the day as well.
Infinite scroll is the new sugar addiction.