For one week I documented every activity that I did each day. I did this in efforts to understand better how I was using my time. Whenever I’m on my phone, I feel like time moves at hyperspeed and it’s easy for me to lose track of how long I’ve been using it. It’s like the casino effect. There’s no windows on my phone!

Normally, I would trade in my old phone whenever I upgrade, but this time I decided I was going to hold on to it and use it as my “social media” phone (called ‘the SM Phone’ from hereinafter). There’s no number connected with the SM Phone, and I only reach for it when I need to upload things, answer DMs, or when I want to doomscroll (I’m not going... See more