Dangers of too much internet / screen exposure
Sep 30th 2018, 8:26 am
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Dangers of too much internet / screen exposure
Anyone have thoughts about the long term implications of too much time spent online, on our mobiles or glued to the laptop screens?
A pretty good article below. I sent it to my sister who's also concerned about how to manage her kids' exposure as they age.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/09/...nes-heres-why/
I know I've been working on cutting back my exposure to screen time once I realised I was wasting too much time on random surfing or random WhatsApp conversations. I've been doing it for a while and it's pretty manageable outside the office. I won't look at the mobile when in a taxi, unless to take a call from a critical number. I've stopped casually surfing the net on the mobile while watching TV or even at the gym, I take a book instead. The real problem is at work, the constant flitting between work and internet for 9-10 hours straight.
What about you all?
A pretty good article below. I sent it to my sister who's also concerned about how to manage her kids' exposure as they age.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/09/...nes-heres-why/
I know I've been working on cutting back my exposure to screen time once I realised I was wasting too much time on random surfing or random WhatsApp conversations. I've been doing it for a while and it's pretty manageable outside the office. I won't look at the mobile when in a taxi, unless to take a call from a critical number. I've stopped casually surfing the net on the mobile while watching TV or even at the gym, I take a book instead. The real problem is at work, the constant flitting between work and internet for 9-10 hours straight.
What about you all?
Sep 30th 2018, 11:26 am
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Re: Dangers of too much internet / screen exposure
Other than the Mrs and the insides of my eyelids, the first and last thing I look at is the phone.
I'm very good at not looking at it when engaged with someone important. Dinner with a parent or the mrs, it stays in my pocket. Out with friends less restrictive with myself unless we're stacking them up - the first to cave in pays.
I've tried to replace phone usage when watching TV with something equally mind numbing - we both noticed we could just scroll and watch TV at the same time. Not all night, but habitually you'd pick it up and look at something. I now do Sudoku's. I've nearly finished the book actually, need to buy another.
Similarly, I've exited a Whatsapp group that on a busy day could be upwards of 500 messages. Quiet days about 20-30. Since being out of that, particularly at the weekend when the football is on has meant my phone usage has plummeted to just checking the bets.
I think about this quite a lot. I really try not to restrict myself from things but provide alternatives. I'm not banned from using phone on sofa but I do a sudoku or think of something else or just look at what I wanted to look at. The only time I'm really restrictive is in the company of someone genuinely important.
I'm very good at not looking at it when engaged with someone important. Dinner with a parent or the mrs, it stays in my pocket. Out with friends less restrictive with myself unless we're stacking them up - the first to cave in pays.
I've tried to replace phone usage when watching TV with something equally mind numbing - we both noticed we could just scroll and watch TV at the same time. Not all night, but habitually you'd pick it up and look at something. I now do Sudoku's. I've nearly finished the book actually, need to buy another.
Similarly, I've exited a Whatsapp group that on a busy day could be upwards of 500 messages. Quiet days about 20-30. Since being out of that, particularly at the weekend when the football is on has meant my phone usage has plummeted to just checking the bets.
I think about this quite a lot. I really try not to restrict myself from things but provide alternatives. I'm not banned from using phone on sofa but I do a sudoku or think of something else or just look at what I wanted to look at. The only time I'm really restrictive is in the company of someone genuinely important.
Nov 1st 2018, 2:49 pm
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Re: Dangers of too much internet / screen exposure
when I pick up my phone in the middle of the night while sleeping and look at it...It burns my eyes- That can't be good
