The Average Person Will Spend 9 Years of Their Life on Their Phone

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s a day looking at a screen each day.</p><p id="882d"><a href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/well-spend-nearly-a-decade-of-our-lives-staring-at-our-phones-study-says/">A 2020 study</a> discovered that Americans will spend nearly nine years of their life using their phone.</p><h2 id="784c">Are you curious about your own mobile device or screen time use?</h2><ol><li>Go to the settings on your phone.</li><li>Click on screen time.</li><li>Note your daily average (Look, I’ll be honest. Mine ranges from 2–4 hours).</li><li><a href="https://unplugged.rest/screen-time-calculator">Go to this site</a> to calculate your lifetime screen use.</li></ol><figure id="6f6c"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*4LZUhaZFCh3VkAC8aqCljw.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="f1ba"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*MsoVOd4UieAhhjDT7zz_wA.png"><figcaption>My screen time results entering 3.0 daily hours and my age of 36. Resulting in 5.75 years</figcaption></figure><p id="b864">What! I will spend 5.75 years on my phone? This doesn’t even

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include my computer, which I use most of the day for my work.</p><h2 id="32a2">How can we use strategies to help us stay off our mobile devices?</h2><ol><li>Use focus apps to block notifications when it’s time to get work down.</li><li>Host phone-free dinners or social events with friends.</li><li>Turn your phone on airplane mode when you’re enjoying the outdoors or don’t need it at the moment.</li><li>Set an alarm and stop using devices at least one hour before bed. This is heavily researched to support your sleep. Get a battery-operated alarm so you don’t have to use your phone as your alarm.</li><li>Create phone-free zones in the house — perhaps at the dinner table or sitting in the living room together. Or even the bedroom so that it doesn’t follow you when you sleep.</li></ol><p id="f0bf" type="7">What do you think? Would you like to spend less time on your phone? What are some strategies you use?</p><p id="bb50"><a href="https://theheartworkhub.beehiiv.com/subscribe">Subscribe to my newsletter/email list here for updates on my creative solopreneur journey!</a></p></article></body>

The Average Person Will Spend 9 Years of Their Life on Their Phone

5 Strategies to Combat Screen Addiction

Ding!

Vibrate.

Ring!!

Notifications galore!

Bored at night, scrolling through Tik Tok and Instagram. Where did the time go?

Does this sound familiar? According to one source, the average person spends 3 hours and 15 minutes per day on their cell phone.

Cross River Therapy notes the average American spends 7 hours and 4 minutes a day looking at a screen each day.

A 2020 study discovered that Americans will spend nearly nine years of their life using their phone.

Are you curious about your own mobile device or screen time use?

Go to the settings on your phone.
Click on screen time.
Note your daily average (Look, I’ll be honest. Mine ranges from 2–4 hours).
Go to this site to calculate your lifetime screen use.

My screen time results entering 3.0 daily hours and my age of 36. Resulting in 5.75 years

What! I will spend 5.75 years on my phone? This doesn’t even include my computer, which I use most of the day for my work.

How can we use strategies to help us stay off our mobile devices?

Use focus apps to block notifications when it’s time to get work down.
Host phone-free dinners or social events with friends.
Turn your phone on airplane mode when you’re enjoying the outdoors or don’t need it at the moment.
Set an alarm and stop using devices at least one hour before bed. This is heavily researched to support your sleep. Get a battery-operated alarm so you don’t have to use your phone as your alarm.
Create phone-free zones in the house — perhaps at the dinner table or sitting in the living room together. Or even the bedroom so that it doesn’t follow you when you sleep.

What do you think? Would you like to spend less time on your phone? What are some strategies you use?

Subscribe to my newsletter/email list here for updates on my creative solopreneur journey!