I used to justify my incessant social media use by telling myself, 'I'm a journalist, I need to be across everything' — even when I was watching animal videos on Instagram. I got my first inkling I had a problem when my family bought me a birthday card one year with 'I am a phone addict' emblazoned across the front. But it wasn't until Apple released that pesky screen time feature a few years ago that I was confronted with my phone addiction — by cold hard data.It laid bare that nearly five hours of my waking day was spent on my phone on average — that's 76 entire days every year lost to scrolling, texting or browsing the web.
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