Controlling My iPhone Time Once and For All

Five months ago I declared at The Jewish Daily Forward that I would spend 50% less time on my iPhone. A fair question would be: How much time was I spending with my beloved iPhone in the first place?

Too much, okay? I don’t have an exact number, but “too much” covers the issue here. So yes, without a beginning measurement it’s hard to know if I’ve hit the 50% “less” mark.

That said, I know that I’m spending significantly less time on my phone. I used six strategies to get more control over my phone time and therefore MY LIFE.

I hope you’ll click over to The Forward to read about my modest success in this little self-improvement experiment and how I’m managing to be less of an eyes-down person. (See the picture below of a typical scene between friends who are spending time together yet alone.) The title of the article is “Stop and Smell the . . . Boredom?” and it will be the last article in this series.

 

Photo taken by Bryan Badzin (my husband) and texted to me with a note suggesting that this is what I still look like 50% of the time. But the other 50%? CURED!
Photo taken by my husband and texted to me with a note suggesting that this is what I still look like 50% of the time. But the other 50%? CURED!
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Nina Badzin hosts the podcast Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship. She's been writing about friendship since 2014, co-leads the writing groups at ModernWell in Minneapolis, and reviews 30+ books a year on her website.

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HI, I’M NINA BADZIN. I’m a writer fascinated by the dynamics of friendship, and I’ve been answering anonymous advice questions on the topic since 2014. I now also answer them on my podcast, Dear Nina! I’m a creative writing instructor at ModernWell in Minneapolis, a freelance writer and editor, and an avid reader who reviews 50 books a year. Welcome to my site! 

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