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Damn, We're Really Addicted to Our Smartphones
"I tell you guys how to be less addicted to your phones, get more out of your life — and I feel so broken right now."
That's me — a consumer tech journalist who has spent nearly 20 years telling you exactly how not to let your phone run your life. Now I'm coming clean. I am addicted to my smartphone. Not casually. Clinically.
My screen time average? Nearly 11 hours a day. That adds up to almost 18 years of the rest of my life — not with my family, not doing things that fill my soul. Half of my the life that I have left on this planet. On a phone.
It gets worse. A child who gets a smartphone at 13 will spend an estimated 22.3 years of their life staring at a screen.
This is Part One of my very public reckoning — with the science, the data, the counterarguments, and six fixes that actually work.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Dr. Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation
- Elana Klein, WIRED: "Dumbphones"
- Sathnam Sanghera and Ezra Klein (Instagram/YouTube posts linked at Techish.com)
- Screen Time (iPhone): Settings → Screen Time (how-to @techish.com)
- Digital Wellbeing (Android): Settings → Digital Wellbeing (how-to @techish.com)
Listen: WGN · Apple Podcasts · Spotify
Follow: @JennJolly (Instagram) · @JenniferJollyTechish (TikTok) · @TechishbyJenniferJolly (YouTube)
Support the Show:
If this one hit close to home, please share it. Text it — like a human — to someone you've been wanting to have this conversation with. Rate and review wherever you listen. Questions or comments? Email [email protected].
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By Jennifer Jolly"I tell you guys how to be less addicted to your phones, get more out of your life — and I feel so broken right now."
That's me — a consumer tech journalist who has spent nearly 20 years telling you exactly how not to let your phone run your life. Now I'm coming clean. I am addicted to my smartphone. Not casually. Clinically.
My screen time average? Nearly 11 hours a day. That adds up to almost 18 years of the rest of my life — not with my family, not doing things that fill my soul. Half of my the life that I have left on this planet. On a phone.
It gets worse. A child who gets a smartphone at 13 will spend an estimated 22.3 years of their life staring at a screen.
This is Part One of my very public reckoning — with the science, the data, the counterarguments, and six fixes that actually work.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Dr. Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation
- Elana Klein, WIRED: "Dumbphones"
- Sathnam Sanghera and Ezra Klein (Instagram/YouTube posts linked at Techish.com)
- Screen Time (iPhone): Settings → Screen Time (how-to @techish.com)
- Digital Wellbeing (Android): Settings → Digital Wellbeing (how-to @techish.com)
Listen: WGN · Apple Podcasts · Spotify
Follow: @JennJolly (Instagram) · @JenniferJollyTechish (TikTok) · @TechishbyJenniferJolly (YouTube)
Support the Show:
If this one hit close to home, please share it. Text it — like a human — to someone you've been wanting to have this conversation with. Rate and review wherever you listen. Questions or comments? Email [email protected].