{"id":1689,"date":"2016-05-26T15:35:26","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T15:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turnlightson.com\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2016-05-27T15:38:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T15:38:59","slug":"one-thing-can-use-phone-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turnlightson.com\/2016\/05\/one-thing-can-use-phone-less\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Blog: The One Thing You Can Do To Use Your Phone Less"},"content":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m the guy that built Moment, so I should have it all figured out, right? I\u2019m the master of my smartphone and I never struggle with using my phone too much, or someone in my family using it too much. I use my phone as a tool for communication and efficiency, and never distraction from boredom.<\/p>\n
Well, that\u2019s not true at all. I\u2019ve improved my own phone habits, but it\u2019s taken two years and many 3+ hour days on my phone. And I\u2019m still far from perfect.<\/span><\/p>\n The smallest habit change that\u2019s made the biggest difference for me and my family is banning phones from the bedroom.<\/span><\/p>\n It starts out innocently enough. \u201cI\u2019ll use my phone for an alarm clock.\u201d That\u2019s your phone\u2019s way of being literally the first thing you touch when you wake up. Your alarm goes off and you unlock your phone and turn it off. \u201cMay as well check Instagram and Pinterest to see what\u2019s new\u2026\u201d Twenty-eight minutes later, you <\/span>have<\/span><\/i> to get up or you\u2019ll be late for work.<\/span><\/p>\n The same goes for nighttime. There is nothing worse for your body than the blinding light of your phone right before you try to get some sleep. That backlight is telling your body \u201cthe sun is up, get out of bed\u201d while you\u2019re trying to lull your brain to sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n My suggestion is simple: leave your phone in the kitchen at night. For waking up, buy an old-fashioned alarm clock and use that. At night, instead of perusing social media, try reading that book that\u2019s been on your shelf for years. It\u2019ll put you right to sleep ?<\/span><\/p>\n I instituted the ban on phones in our bedroom exactly one year ago. Without doing anything else, I immediately dropped about 30 minutes from my daily phone use: 15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes right before I fell asleep. That was a 30% drop for me.<\/span><\/p>\nMy Results<\/b><\/h2>\n