What's your average screen time per day?? mine is too damn high tbh. (Captions are still being processed! They should be up soon.) TIME STAMPS BELOW: 0:00 - intro 1:24 - I need healthy screen time boundaries 1:58 - shout out to Meditopia! 3:20 - #NotAllApps 3:53 - why is too much screen time bad? 4:24 - no quiet time 6:09 - my screen time details 6:45 - my top used apps? TH-cam & Stardew Valley 7:20 - "but social media is my job!!" 8:49 - now is a V hard time to digital detox 9:44 - can't handle news & politics rn? my tips to modify your news consumption 10:56 - I'm kinda addicted to productivity apps & digital trackers 12:22 - (some of my fav apps) such as WaterMinder 13:44 - financial apps (Everydollar) + google annual budget spreadsheets 14:07 - FitBit to track my activity levels 15:09 - entertainment trackers... Letterboxd & Goodreads 15:44 - productivity apps encourage us to share our progress, plus they're game-ified with "streaks" 16:32 - Life Cycle is the most dystopian data-tracking app, imo 17:53 - I stopped tracking things for a month.... this is what happened 18:33 - now I'm using a habit tracker (on paper) 19:38 - are my videos extremely contradictory? maybe 21:02 - share your screen time management tips plz!! plz!! comment for the algorithm! 21:49 - the Adidas pronunciation argument....
You know those surveys that are like “what’s your average screen time a day? A) less than an hour B) 1-3 hours C) 3-6 hours D) over 6 hours ... it feels mean
No one in 2020 has less than an hour of screen time a day... The only examples that come to my mind are older people who don't have a tv and babies whose parents are really strict with screen time... If you go to school or have a job your screen time can't be less than 3-6 hours
I'm here on a screen literally every moment of every day. I play games and work on my final project for college on my computer, I watch TH-cam for leisure and news -everywhere-, I wake up and watch my classes through my phone, I go to sleep listening to sudoku videos... I'm the embodiment of the problem.
Put it on the child’s version so it doesn’t give you a reminder, it just shuts down the app when you run out of time. It’s the only way I can function because I actually have zero self control.
my screen time now is pretty much 13 hours because I have literally hours of homework to get through, and all my profs expect me to do a months worth of work in a week
@@urastrainger7543 lmao what? i agree that a lot of academia (especially in the US) is not structured well at all, but you really think it's bad enough to start a revolution against? i think honestly there are much more pressing things happening that could realistically start revolts than the shoddy state of academia.
When you're stuck at home all day there is only so much you can do. As long as I keep up working out everyday, eating mostly healthy and keeping my place from looking like a bomb went off I'm doing good 👍
This shows my age lol, but I remember when I was in high school, pre-modern smart phone takeover, my favorite English teacher was super into Henry David Thoreau. She was very adamant that we as a society spent too long on screens, connected to technology, and so gave us a yearlong assignment where we were supposed to periodically go sit outside somewhere nice for 15-20 min, unplugged, and journal about the experience. And it's funny, because a lot of people thought she was nutty back then, especially because the journal was such a significant part of the final grade and well, teenagers, but now that my screen time's exploded and I've stuck inside for too long, first thing I wanna do when we get out is find a goddamn tree to sit under!
This reminds me of Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing!! She teaches at Stanford and does the same exercise with her students. I would recommend this book to you if you’re interested!!! Or anyone else!
honestly you could talk about literally anything and i'd still click on, i like to watch these while doing my hw (which i am definitely doing and not procrastinating)
It's kinda sad like do you do nothing all day? No cleaning, walking, hanging out, skin care, studying, working, school,reading, cooking like I can think of a sooo many things you should/could be doing daily
Same. My data is faster then the wifi and I have unlimited data so its become a problem. I've used 56.53 GB of data this month and there's still a week to go. My average before unlimited data was only 8-11 GB a month.
I wanna recommend a book titled “better than before: mastering the habits of our everyday lives” by Gretchen Rubin. It’s exactly what it sounds like, information on how to shape our habits based on our own unique quirks and processes. It’s really heavy on the “on your own terms” kind of strategies rather than a generic set of rules or regulations. Look into it if you’re interested!
Lately with the whole quarantine thing, I feel like everyone's screen time is sooooo high, but yeah in general mine is super high too. Especially since my only hobby is gaming lol
personally, im trying to get mine down. I had a problem using the PC in the morning first ever. but with online school for a bit I need to. hopefully there's a way we can go back. but we just gotta wait ig and make time useful.
girl, i was literally JUST thinking about this ! my screentime has been out of complete control :( i went from 4 hours a day to 10 ON TH-cam ONLY !! my thesis is on yt as well so but of it is research but still :D
Omg this video is totally for me. My time is between 6-9 hours and it makes me sick because i feel i waste so much time of the day and also i damage my eyes, but i can't help it :( i put so many limitations to the apps but i always tend to dismiss them. Sometimes i wish i didn't have a phone, honestly.
Okay, so I had a month long break from my phone strictly so I don't call my ex (lmao I know) and around the beginning of this I started drawing daily and I was surprised how good (for someone who never really learned how to draw) my drawings were and I could see progress. Now I'm back on my phone and boy, drawing got way, way harder and also if I put my drawings chronologically there's visable regress. I noticed that I'm more inpatient, because I rush to get back on my phone. I also started looking around and noticed how it affects ability to focus of people among me, this is honestly kinda scary. And yes, I type this comment on my phone 😭😭 help
I was trying to watch a movie yesterday and couldn't stop checking my phone and reading/looking stuff up on it. Realized I wasn't even watching the movie and it was halfway through and I had no idea what was going on.
LOVE THIS. I suffer from screen and content addiction, too. I am always listening to something, and I'm often getting content from 2 sources at once (TH-cam or Netflix in one tab, Reddit in another). It's awful for me. My head feels so cluttered. My goal for spring break was to do a digital detox, but the first day of spring break coincided with the first day of COVID-19 lockdown, so that kind of fell to shit. Thanks for talking about this Tiffany!
I’ve moved all of my productivity to paper, I just get sucked in whenever I open the phone up. That’s one of the things I’ve noticed about myself. So I have a book journal, and a catch all type of thing where I have my budget and write down all of my purchases, by the end of each month I make a little circle diagram of it. A have a to do list in my kitchen and goals in my monthly view in my planner. I’ve been working on my way to use planners and paper like this for years and it’s also a creative outlet. So win win, less screen time and more creative time! Noticed the other day how powerful the writing stuff down really is, I’ve deviated a bit from writing to do lists while working at home and the other day I just had to empty my brain out. And it really made me more focused and on task. It sounds really stupid but it just got so much clearer. Plus I had a new fun pen that felt amazing to write with so I wanted to cross things off 🤓
I started being more mindful with my screen time by making "youtube days". I give myself three days per week where I can watch youtube however much I want, and the other four days I simply have to find something else to do. They're not set days; I just decide whether or not I feel like watching youtube today. At first I didn't know what else to do when I would normally watch a video, like while eating lunch, but then I realized that eating and reading is entirely possible and still entertaining. So is eating outside. I also listen to music in the shower now instead of always watching/listening to videos. I put on spa music and practice mindfulness, carefully considering everything I'm thinking and feeling rather than shoving it down with media so I don't have to hear myself think. This one small change has made a huge difference in my daily life, and I would never want to go back.
Tip: I switch off my phone from 10am to 10pm, this could be a good start to a pseudo tech detox, however I use my laptop to code, study, watch tiffany's videos hehe. Edit: Love from India!
The twitter location was an amazing tip, since I was also getting down the hole of opening it and seeing "the current thing" and just get depressed. So I put Greece. And I have a blocker in my browser that blocks sites per periods of time so I do other off-screen things like sewing some clothes that need a fix, water our garden, go and help with the dishes, etc.
Girl I ALSO started playing Stardew Valley and it's been a huge escape for me. I was having awful anxiety the other week and it really helped. But it's also made working from home more difficult 🙃
11:50 if you love Spotify wrapped, I recommend getting a last.fm account and connecting it to your Spotify! It's similar to Spotify wrapped, you get weekly (as well as yearly) updates. It tells you what songs, albums, and artists you listened to the most, how many songs you listened to each week/year, and what genres you listen to, etc. I love it lol.
I know it’s not entirely screen time reduction, but I’m trying to force myself to make art when I want to watch a video, even if it’s just doodling. Then I get to the point of just listening to music so I can focus on the art itself. So I’m not looking at the screen, but I’m still using my phone
The thing that got me was when I checked my "last 7 days" record in Screen Time and saw that I had spent 23 hours on social media this last week. (That's almost a whole day straight. Ouch.) I'm okay with using my Spotify, Kindle Cloud, LingoDeer/Duolingo, Libby/Overdrive, and Forest Timer apps as often or long as necessary, especially during this time of staying at home. These types of apps help me spend time (grow my brain), whereas on Facebook/Instagram/Tumblr/Reddit/TH-cam/Netflix I waste time (stagnate my brain) more often than not. (I'm all for social media and entertainment in healthy capacities, but 23 hours is way too much of my life per week for mindless scrolling+posting.) My goal: stop being a mental couch potato :)
I literally dont know what to do anymore like.... I cant talk to my friends without my phone.... i cant go out and buy books.... so I read them on my phone... WHAT DO I DOOOO
Then honestly embrace it. If you wanna reduce screen time focus on the unhealthy aspects like excessive social media. Talking to your friends and reading and exercise are all great aspects of technology, so use it!
If you don't like reading on your phone, maybe try ordering books online. Idk if you have access to online delivery rn but if so maybe that would be something to look into. I monstley buy my books second hand online and they come with the normal mail. 😊 Sending you lots of love 💓
Maris_Toledo have you heard of blue light blocking glasses? you can buy them on amazon for pretty cheap. the blue light in screens is harsh on the eyes which might be causing your headaches! there are also probably online blue light blocking extensions you can add, and turning on night shift if you have an iPhone works too. Good luck!
Great video! I'm not so much addicted to "screen time" but to youtube (which is on screen but by screen addiction I include social media and other many apps). Honestly it really makes me very sad. I've lost the count on the number of times that I told myself I would start reading more or that I would pick up this movie to watch and then I end up falling back on this black hole of TH-cam. I've decided that I'm only going to watch 3 videos per day because I was getting really fed up about the fact that since this whole quarantine began I've wasted my days away going from video to video. Some days I manage to pick up only 3 videos, but other days it's SOOO hard. It makes me feel very weak and like I don't have any control over my life. I would like to add that, please, be compassionate with yourself. These technologies are designed to be addictive! Hell, they literally spy on us in order to understand what our potential interest fields are and give them to us. Creepy as hell. So I can't share the mindset "technology isn't bad, it's us that don't know how to use it". No, technology definitely takes advantage of our human psyche to keep us hooked and to profit, which is always their main goal. So, technology is evil, at least how I see it. And it's not because it gives us some amazing features that it stops being evil.
during 5 and a half weeks of quarantine I've managed run out of suitable distractions. it's scary how quickly I went through thing after thing after thing but nothing is stimulating enough anymore.
I have been procrastinating and being lazy so much, even though I promised myself to do a lot(do lots of homework,read,draw,...). But naahhh my brain decided not to do that
I’ve been reading that it might help to allow yourself one “blue” day a week to just feel bad and feel all the sadness, so you don’t feel like you’re on the verge of a breakdown for constantly keeping yourself together.
The forest app is a godsend to stay off my phone for me, when I’m doing work. I’ve been writing a schedule each day mapping out my day from breakfast to breaks from work and using the forest app in between so if I go on my phone while I’m working my tree dies
You should try bullet journaling! I used to track everything through apps but it led me to spend too much time on my phone and I didn't like that there had to be a separate app for each thing. I got into bullet journaling this year and it's made my life so much easier! You can customise it however you want and make it fit your lifestyle and you can make it very artsy or keep it minimalistic, it's super versatile :)
The screen time feature on my iPhone is both a blessing and a curse. It’s good to limit yourself but I hate seeing the numbers of how long I’ve bern on my phone. I especially hate it when it tells you that you’re daily average is up. It makes me feel so sad. I feel like seeing the numbers is ruining my mental health. I want to turn off screen time because I don’t want to know how long I’m on my phone anymore. It’s too saddening.
To drink more water, I fill up my Contigo bottle first thing when I wake up, and I only drink a different beverage once I've finished the bottle. I repeat this throughout the day, making it really easy to get in a lot of water. :)
Commenting for the algorithm. But while I’m here I’ll say that I thoroughly enjoy your videos. We’re the same age and have very similar interests and I think we would make great friends in real life. I’m in grad school so I come to TH-cam to unwind and watch mindless stuff.. but that gets excessive sometimes. Your videos are perfect for me. I love analytical stuff and I looooove bullshit stuff like reality tv and silly content on TH-cam and I SO love seeing another really bright awesome lady analyzing the same stuff that I like in an educated/critical/philosophical way. I don’t feel like it’s just me and a bunch of 11 year olds on TH-cam. Lol. Anyway I’m rambling. It’s 3 am and I did final projects for 13 hours today and I can’t think straight. Are long comments better than short comments in the almighty algorithm’s eyes? I hope so.
my screen time has actually gone DOWN because i moved in with my family again and all this social interaction keeps me away from my phone - but if i was still living by myself it probably would have gone up like 90%
My favorite app to help cut down on screen time is an app called Forest! You plant a cute lil tree and it locks you out of the rest of your phone until that tree grows. If you interrupt it to go to another app, the tree will die and it's so sad because then there's a dead tree in your forest. I've also been using it to track how much time I spend doing things I actually want to reward, like reading, playing guitar, and other non-screen-related hobbies (you can add tags and notes to each tree so you can look back and see how your time was split). It's kept me off my phone and given me a snapshot of how much time I've spent on things that actually enrich me. It's super cute and I highly recommend!
SAME! Work as teacher in front of a screen all day, and in my breaks I look at my phone and when it’s night time, we relax in front of the tv because we are exhausted from the stress of the day. I’ve never felt stress like this, using screens all day, I’m not going to miss it at all, it’s truly a stressful comparison to my normal life
I always avoid watching your videos because I see the title and I'm just like... shit that's me. But then I watch them and I feel so inspired. You're always so empathetic about things. Instead of going on about how terrible technology is bad and how I'm a bad person for being on my phone and how you're so much better than me because you did a 30 social media cleanse, you talk vulnerably and productively about the issue. I really really appreciate the environment you've created on your channel
I seriously love your love for data. I got my bachelors degree in journalism and ended up becoming a data analyst because that’s what I liked more. But your analysis of media and attention to detail really keeps me excited to be alive. Thank you for existing 💖
Did anyone else start quarantine super productive and organized, and now just dgaf? Now I’ve adjusted to watching hours of television all day, eat, back to sleep, repeat. I should want to change but I don’t even care to. It makes me worry that when quarantine is over I’m gonna be very very lazy. Thanks for your vid Tiffany😘
there are so many self-help things out there that almost always just make me roll my eyes, but you, in just being public about wanting the best for yourself/be the best person you can, always seems to encourage me to do the same
I'm commenting to help your algorithm. My daily screen time is an average of 7 to 8 hours on phone, obviously not including the fact that youtube is always on, on my computer. My top apps are twitter and a sudoku app.
I’ve noticed despite loving listening to things like podcasts, music and so forth I do need quiet time. I need time to think for myself without anything external. I feel much better when I have that time :) but yeah, it’s hard not gonna lie
i feel this. I sometimes need 10 minutes after a video to process what really happened and think things over. Also it's generally healthy to do have some silence in your life. Btw, I love that you have Sophie from howls moving castle as pfp.
For the productivity thing, I would strongly recommend a bullet journal. You can put those paper habit trackers and be creative at the same time, and you can also put deadlines and everything a typical planner has but customized to you.
I was staring at my screens ALL the time: when I ate, when I was on my way somewhere, in my bed! I started being more aware of my screen time when I got dry eyes! Trust me... you don't want this. This condition is very, very hard to cure :( and makes looking at screens panful.
wow i did not expect meditopia to be the sponsor! I started using it about a week or two ago cuz quarantine fucked up my sleep schedule so badly.....so i used this app to help fix it! really love the rain sound
Something that has really helped me is bullet journalling. It means that I can spend time being creative and away from screens and I can still track the things I want to with my habit tracker! It's been a game changer for reducing my anxiety and being more mindful
I struggled with drinking enough water for a long time. What I started to do was make sure I drank one full water bottle (16oz) at every meal. That way I would have most of the daily recommended intake naturally. And I would only have to worry about having the last portion at some point in the day. Most of the time split between the morning and afternoon.
Honestly, your obsession with productivity apps, issues with drinking enough water and loving having collated data like Spotify and Lifecycle, just reminds me of self so much!
I wanted to lose weight.i made a bet with myself “no social media until I lost the weight”. On Jan. 1 I deleted all my social media apps. And i have continued to loose weight!
I like that your videos are more balanced than extreme. It's frustrating and tiring to watch people do those all-or-nothing challenges when you just don't have the energy/time/motivation..
I highly, HIGHLY recommend checking out bullet journaling. I struggle so much with trying to keep myself accountable for things, but find that if I use my phone to keep track of anything, I immediately get distracted and start looking at social media or other random stuff. The basic idea of bullet journaling is very simple and unfussy, but you can make habit trackers, lists, and creative flourishes etc that suit your personal needs and goals. It has allowed me to have a better understanding of how I use my time, without the uncomfortable granularity that digital forms sometimes encourage. It has allowed me to be able to set my phone aside much more easily when I know it will be just a distraction, without worrying about losing track of things that I need to be keeping track of.
gen z over here if I dipped for a week I'd come back to all my friends saying they wanna kill themselves and people thinking I'VE killed myself. bro everyone's depressed we send memes to make sure we're all still alive
Fynn Anantram pretty much. i haven’t talked to one of my friends in weeks but we sent tons of memes to each other every day and i didn’t for like 24 hours and she CALLED me (which is a big deal if it’s anyone except your mom haha)
i’m a film student and letterboxd has helped me keep what movies i’ve watched straight because i have to watch so many. i like don’t even remembered the films from before this semester when i started using it and now i remember them all like so well it’s been so helpful
All of those tracking apps would give me serious anxiety, I'm in the last semester of undergrad and should be working on my thesis but who am I kidding, nothing is happening and I feel really bad and lazy and like loosing brain cells - screentime (phone) in the last few weeks is between 2 and 3 hours a day BUT Laptop/Nintendo/TV not included would estimate like 6 to 8 hours a day
Thank you for mentioning how taking care of our responsibilities IS a way to take care of ourselves. It's been hard hearing every day that it's okay to use this time to rest when as a student (or an essential worker or someone working from home), I cannot afford to rest like that right now! It's finals season and pushing things off is just making me feel worse and more anxious soooo. I guess my point is that everyone should just be doing what they need to to feel okay right now, and that won't look the same for everyone.
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What's your average screen time per day?? mine is too damn high tbh. (Captions are still being processed! They should be up soon.)
TIME STAMPS BELOW:
0:00 - intro
1:24 - I need healthy screen time boundaries
1:58 - shout out to Meditopia!
3:20 - #NotAllApps
3:53 - why is too much screen time bad?
4:24 - no quiet time
6:09 - my screen time details
6:45 - my top used apps? TH-cam & Stardew Valley
7:20 - "but social media is my job!!"
8:49 - now is a V hard time to digital detox
9:44 - can't handle news & politics rn? my tips to modify your news consumption
10:56 - I'm kinda addicted to productivity apps & digital trackers
12:22 - (some of my fav apps) such as WaterMinder
13:44 - financial apps (Everydollar) + google annual budget spreadsheets
14:07 - FitBit to track my activity levels
15:09 - entertainment trackers... Letterboxd & Goodreads
15:44 - productivity apps encourage us to share our progress, plus they're game-ified with "streaks"
16:32 - Life Cycle is the most dystopian data-tracking app, imo
17:53 - I stopped tracking things for a month.... this is what happened
18:33 - now I'm using a habit tracker (on paper)
19:38 - are my videos extremely contradictory? maybe
21:02 - share your screen time management tips plz!! plz!! comment for the algorithm!
21:49 - the Adidas pronunciation argument....
tiffanyferg yess
Yeah... 14 hours at least 😬😄
Mine is literally 14 hours
Mine is around 19 hours I believe :\
Before I had a smartphone (age 15) I spent 3 years doing 65 hours a week on my computer while going to school (and working Saturdays from age 14) 😬
_checks today's screentime_
Oh, not bad, it's only 1hr11mins
_checks time_
...oh, it's 1:11am
Sam Cooper this made me laugh
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this just happened to me,, rip
Sam Cooper that’s grand
That made me laugh so hard 😂 truth!! Lol
ME HAHAHAHAH
*sees title of the video*
me: uh oh, it’s me
actually its tiffany
King u right 😂
@@choicethetaurus good song man
same 💀
same. Yt is getting better at reading out minds. #THANKS2020
You know those surveys that are like
“what’s your average screen time a day?
A) less than an hour
B) 1-3 hours
C) 3-6 hours
D) over 6 hours
... it feels mean
i hate those!! it really hurts when you're waayyyy above 6. if it keeps going like that, I'm probably on Q or something lol
No one in 2020 has less than an hour of screen time a day... The only examples that come to my mind are older people who don't have a tv and babies whose parents are really strict with screen time... If you go to school or have a job your screen time can't be less than 3-6 hours
I'm here on a screen literally every moment of every day. I play games and work on my final project for college on my computer, I watch TH-cam for leisure and news -everywhere-, I wake up and watch my classes through my phone, I go to sleep listening to sudoku videos... I'm the embodiment of the problem.
lmao my screen time per day is fucking 12hrs
E) over 19 hours
“About politics... I’m not ready to face it yet.” Honestly 😔 that’s the 2020 vibe
Yeah. Best to stay sane in the midst of things
Same, dealing with the reality that we're in a GE, and dealing with the daily craziness of the Cheeto-in-Chief, it feels surreal and awful.
Ones we get rid of that cancer in the oval office we will all be in a better position.
Vote Biden 2020
@@proudprogressive4849 good news
My screentime before quarantine: 2 hours, 3 max
My screentime after quarantine: 14 hours
bruh
@@naelvincent9491 I love Michael !
@@lauraeiriarte ededed deth-cam.com/video/3c0mzWrhFfs/w-d-xo.html
@@choicethetaurus nice song it's really good
@@choicethetaurus nice song dude
Before quarantine : 7-9 hours
During quarantine : 13-17 hours
Send help
B3VD0G same!!
mmm, maybe go outside. Refreshments the brain. might work depending on where you live:)!
Mate I get 60 hours weekly
Same 🥺😂😂😂
holy shit I'm glad I'm not alone
This gave me reassurance that I’m not the only one that needs constant sounds and stimulation omg, always have videos on
Shayler Brooke yes!!
yes! i can’t do anything without a video/podcast on
Me too girl me too🙌
I put all my social media apps in a folder labeled "DO NOT USE" and I have a time limit on them, and yet.... I ignore it all
Molly Pocket yeah yeah yeah me too. i just click “15 more minutes” for hours straight because “ignore for today” seems like giving up lmao
Vieve you just described me perfectly
That’s me 😂😂😂
sounds so me
Put it on the child’s version so it doesn’t give you a reminder, it just shuts down the app when you run out of time. It’s the only way I can function because I actually have zero self control.
What’s funny is that my screen time was 9-10 hours a day before quarantine
Rose Mulet sameeeee
@HEAVENGOLD LIVE your song is really good
Saaame
we're being more encouraged to use it more than ever. not always bad. but there are definitely exceptions haha
Same 😞
I saw the notification and immediately thought it said “Your screen time is out of control” and was like rude Siri.
Lol
haha. wait until alexa
Me listening to this video while playing games on my phone: "Y'all hear something?"
that's literally me. Any video where a person just talks I'm playing a game on my phone at the same time.
And I was so proud that I got my screen time down to an hour and a half a day.
*THEN QUARANTINE HAPPENED*
MEEEEEEE MY ONLY OUTLET OF SOCIALIZATION IS DISCORD AND SCHOOL AND I HATE IT
DAMN THATS IMPRESSIVE
My screen time, is ASTRONOMICAL
Jimmy DeHaan hahhaha
Same
Anyone have a link to her letterboxd account by chance?
my screen time now is pretty much 13 hours because I have literally hours of homework to get through, and all my profs expect me to do a months worth of work in a week
I feel you!! it's been tough trying to do school work like this
This shit sucks. The next revolution will be vs academia
nobody true
ugh same. i wish there was a alternative to make things more enjoyable
@@urastrainger7543 lmao what? i agree that a lot of academia (especially in the US) is not structured well at all, but you really think it's bad enough to start a revolution against? i think honestly there are much more pressing things happening that could realistically start revolts than the shoddy state of academia.
“For 5 days, you didn’t leave your home at all.”
A literal passive aggressive app. Lol
When you're stuck at home all day there is only so much you can do. As long as I keep up working out everyday, eating mostly healthy and keeping my place from looking like a bomb went off I'm doing good 👍
"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone." - Blaise Pascal. Haha, lol
This shows my age lol, but I remember when I was in high school, pre-modern smart phone takeover, my favorite English teacher was super into Henry David Thoreau. She was very adamant that we as a society spent too long on screens, connected to technology, and so gave us a yearlong assignment where we were supposed to periodically go sit outside somewhere nice for 15-20 min, unplugged, and journal about the experience.
And it's funny, because a lot of people thought she was nutty back then, especially because the journal was such a significant part of the final grade and well, teenagers, but now that my screen time's exploded and I've stuck inside for too long, first thing I wanna do when we get out is find a goddamn tree to sit under!
Your teacher looks really great. This is my kind of challenge, wish I could sit under a tree right now.
I hope you're not completely staying inside guys, by all means go enjoy a walk or something and sit under a tree! Just avoid people
Uhhh I wonder if we had the same English teacher haha, this is rather specific and I still have my journals..
This reminds me of Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing!! She teaches at Stanford and does the same exercise with her students. I would recommend this book to you if you’re interested!!! Or anyone else!
i love doing that.
“When you loose streaks you feel like you lost” or the duolingo bird will come for you
Sarah Chaika especially 80+ day streaks 😭😭😭
i have a 167 day streak and if i lost it i would be sooooo sad. haha idk why it’s not that important
Vieve I lost mine because my phone got wet on vacation and I had to wait a month to buy a new one. I also had zero space on my iPad
My screen time is also: Out Of Control
The only thing that is helping me stay off screens is finding good novels to read!
I like reading e-books on my phone rather than "real" books.....! rip
Filling the silence is a huge problem of mine!!
same
I hate silence 😭 the second there’s a lull in a conversation I NEED to speak, it drives my husband nuts 😭
*Me feeling guilty while watching this video, scrolling through Instagram, and playing animal crossing at the same time*
honestly you could talk about literally anything and i'd still click on, i like to watch these while doing my hw (which i am definitely doing and not procrastinating)
Lydia Holterman Same 😅
The only times when I'm not on a screen are when I'm sleeping or eating. The rest of the day..screens.
Same
Victoria Fernandez i have to watch a video while i eat as well so it’s literally just when i’m asleep
Molly whiteman same here
Me too, and I feel so guilty. I miss reading.
It's kinda sad like do you do nothing all day?
No cleaning, walking, hanging out, skin care, studying, working, school,reading, cooking like I can think of a sooo many things you should/could be doing daily
i feel personally attacked by the title. but I'm ok with it.
😂 been there too. finding ways to cut can help anyone thou
some people on ig: ughh my screentime is 5 hours,it's so high, i'm addicted
me, with my 14 hour screentime: you're trying to challenge me?
Haha. its good we know the problem, now we can struggle together xD
Same. My data is faster then the wifi and I have unlimited data so its become a problem. I've used 56.53 GB of data this month and there's still a week to go. My average before unlimited data was only 8-11 GB a month.
I wanna recommend a book titled “better than before: mastering the habits of our everyday lives” by Gretchen Rubin. It’s exactly what it sounds like, information on how to shape our habits based on our own unique quirks and processes. It’s really heavy on the “on your own terms” kind of strategies rather than a generic set of rules or regulations. Look into it if you’re interested!
reserving the ebook now!
My anxiety has been sO high lately! I’m literally so anxious as I’m watching this...
Lately with the whole quarantine thing, I feel like everyone's screen time is sooooo high, but yeah in general mine is super high too. Especially since my only hobby is gaming lol
My youtube time alone averages around 8 hours a day right now. Not kidding. I really should take a break from here.
@@EugeneAxe yours is fine compared to a lot of people here, they're working 2 full-time jobs on their phones😖
What gaming do you do on your phone? Or do you not mean screen time specifically on your phone
personally, im trying to get mine down. I had a problem using the PC in the morning first ever. but with online school for a bit I need to. hopefully there's a way we can go back. but we just gotta wait ig and make time useful.
@@nenidetic its not just 8 hours, its 8 hours on youtube alone
my phone is broken right now and IT IS SO FREEING! I feel like I am much more intentional about my media consumption.
a blessing in disguise!!
lmao why does this make me want a broken phone
I haven't been on my phone in 6 days, but my laptop time has doubled :/
Haven’t touched a game on my phone in nearly a decade-but my IG and TH-cam time is insane. I swear it’s the pandemic’s fault.
One day last week my screen time reached an all time high of 23 hours and 17 minutes.... I’m ashamed 😳😔
girl, i was literally JUST thinking about this ! my screentime has been out of complete control :( i went from 4 hours a day to 10 ON TH-cam ONLY !! my thesis is on yt as well so but of it is research but still :D
same my screentime is whack and most of it is on youtube
Tiffany justifies her screen addiction for 23minutes straight
Omg this video is totally for me. My time is between 6-9 hours and it makes me sick because i feel i waste so much time of the day and also i damage my eyes, but i can't help it :( i put so many limitations to the apps but i always tend to dismiss them. Sometimes i wish i didn't have a phone, honestly.
Okay, so I had a month long break from my phone strictly so I don't call my ex (lmao I know) and around the beginning of this I started drawing daily and I was surprised how good (for someone who never really learned how to draw) my drawings were and I could see progress. Now I'm back on my phone and boy, drawing got way, way harder and also if I put my drawings chronologically there's visable regress. I noticed that I'm more inpatient, because I rush to get back on my phone. I also started looking around and noticed how it affects ability to focus of people among me, this is honestly kinda scary. And yes, I type this comment on my phone 😭😭 help
I was trying to watch a movie yesterday and couldn't stop checking my phone and reading/looking stuff up on it. Realized I wasn't even watching the movie and it was halfway through and I had no idea what was going on.
Omg right, to the point where its background noise
Francy MMuly background noise to my instagram scrolling 😂
Gosh same and then i feel like absolute shit like "Did I actually not watch this movie because I wanted to scroll through pinterest?"
LOVE THIS. I suffer from screen and content addiction, too. I am always listening to something, and I'm often getting content from 2 sources at once (TH-cam or Netflix in one tab, Reddit in another). It's awful for me. My head feels so cluttered. My goal for spring break was to do a digital detox, but the first day of spring break coincided with the first day of COVID-19 lockdown, so that kind of fell to shit. Thanks for talking about this Tiffany!
I’ve moved all of my productivity to paper, I just get sucked in whenever I open the phone up. That’s one of the things I’ve noticed about myself. So I have a book journal, and a catch all type of thing where I have my budget and write down all of my purchases, by the end of each month I make a little circle diagram of it. A have a to do list in my kitchen and goals in my monthly view in my planner. I’ve been working on my way to use planners and paper like this for years and it’s also a creative outlet. So win win, less screen time and more creative time!
Noticed the other day how powerful the writing stuff down really is, I’ve deviated a bit from writing to do lists while working at home and the other day I just had to empty my brain out. And it really made me more focused and on task. It sounds really stupid but it just got so much clearer. Plus I had a new fun pen that felt amazing to write with so I wanted to cross things off 🤓
I started being more mindful with my screen time by making "youtube days". I give myself three days per week where I can watch youtube however much I want, and the other four days I simply have to find something else to do. They're not set days; I just decide whether or not I feel like watching youtube today. At first I didn't know what else to do when I would normally watch a video, like while eating lunch, but then I realized that eating and reading is entirely possible and still entertaining. So is eating outside. I also listen to music in the shower now instead of always watching/listening to videos. I put on spa music and practice mindfulness, carefully considering everything I'm thinking and feeling rather than shoving it down with media so I don't have to hear myself think. This one small change has made a huge difference in my daily life, and I would never want to go back.
Tip: I switch off my phone from 10am to 10pm, this could be a good start to a pseudo tech detox, however I use my laptop to code, study, watch tiffany's videos hehe.
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The twitter location was an amazing tip, since I was also getting down the hole of opening it and seeing "the current thing" and just get depressed. So I put Greece. And I have a blocker in my browser that blocks sites per periods of time so I do other off-screen things like sewing some clothes that need a fix, water our garden, go and help with the dishes, etc.
Girl I ALSO started playing Stardew Valley and it's been a huge escape for me. I was having awful anxiety the other week and it really helped. But it's also made working from home more difficult 🙃
11:50 if you love Spotify wrapped, I recommend getting a last.fm account and connecting it to your Spotify! It's similar to Spotify wrapped, you get weekly (as well as yearly) updates. It tells you what songs, albums, and artists you listened to the most, how many songs you listened to each week/year, and what genres you listen to, etc. I love it lol.
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I know it’s not entirely screen time reduction, but I’m trying to force myself to make art when I want to watch a video, even if it’s just doodling. Then I get to the point of just listening to music so I can focus on the art itself. So I’m not looking at the screen, but I’m still using my phone
May work for traditional art, but i do digital and profit from it so its screen 24/7
The thing that got me was when I checked my "last 7 days" record in Screen Time and saw that I had spent 23 hours on social media this last week. (That's almost a whole day straight. Ouch.)
I'm okay with using my Spotify, Kindle Cloud, LingoDeer/Duolingo, Libby/Overdrive, and Forest Timer apps as often or long as necessary, especially during this time of staying at home. These types of apps help me spend time (grow my brain), whereas on Facebook/Instagram/Tumblr/Reddit/TH-cam/Netflix I waste time (stagnate my brain) more often than not. (I'm all for social media and entertainment in healthy capacities, but 23 hours is way too much of my life per week for mindless scrolling+posting.) My goal: stop being a mental couch potato :)
We don’t even wanna TALK about my screen time! It’s an issue but I don’t want to solve it
I literally dont know what to do anymore like.... I cant talk to my friends without my phone.... i cant go out and buy books.... so I read them on my phone... WHAT DO I DOOOO
Ya, I even do exercise and yoga with instruction videos from my phone (so it counts towards screentime)
Then honestly embrace it. If you wanna reduce screen time focus on the unhealthy aspects like excessive social media. Talking to your friends and reading and exercise are all great aspects of technology, so use it!
If you don't like reading on your phone, maybe try ordering books online. Idk if you have access to online delivery rn but if so maybe that would be something to look into. I monstley buy my books second hand online and they come with the normal mail. 😊
Sending you lots of love 💓
I'm always on my laptop because of online school. My eyes literally hurt and I want to stop but I can't 😭
Maris_Toledo have you heard of blue light blocking glasses? you can buy them on amazon for pretty cheap. the blue light in screens is harsh on the eyes which might be causing your headaches! there are also probably online blue light blocking extensions you can add, and turning on night shift if you have an iPhone works too. Good luck!
Great video! I'm not so much addicted to "screen time" but to youtube (which is on screen but by screen addiction I include social media and other many apps). Honestly it really makes me very sad. I've lost the count on the number of times that I told myself I would start reading more or that I would pick up this movie to watch and then I end up falling back on this black hole of TH-cam. I've decided that I'm only going to watch 3 videos per day because I was getting really fed up about the fact that since this whole quarantine began I've wasted my days away going from video to video. Some days I manage to pick up only 3 videos, but other days it's SOOO hard. It makes me feel very weak and like I don't have any control over my life. I would like to add that, please, be compassionate with yourself. These technologies are designed to be addictive! Hell, they literally spy on us in order to understand what our potential interest fields are and give them to us. Creepy as hell. So I can't share the mindset "technology isn't bad, it's us that don't know how to use it". No, technology definitely takes advantage of our human psyche to keep us hooked and to profit, which is always their main goal. So, technology is evil, at least how I see it. And it's not because it gives us some amazing features that it stops being evil.
during 5 and a half weeks of quarantine I've managed run out of suitable distractions. it's scary how quickly I went through thing after thing after thing but nothing is stimulating enough anymore.
I have been procrastinating and being lazy so much, even though I promised myself to do a lot(do lots of homework,read,draw,...). But naahhh my brain decided not to do that
Me 100%
same
Omg me too!
"... back when we could be out and about" 😐
What a 2020 MOOD
I’ve been reading that it might help to allow yourself one “blue” day a week to just feel bad and feel all the sadness, so you don’t feel like you’re on the verge of a breakdown for constantly keeping yourself together.
The segment sectioning on the progress bar is really cool, never seen that before!
I always say we’re actively fueling The Matrix (and it’s SO HARD to get out)!
The forest app is a godsend to stay off my phone for me, when I’m doing work. I’ve been writing a schedule each day mapping out my day from breakfast to breaks from work and using the forest app in between so if I go on my phone while I’m working my tree dies
You should try bullet journaling! I used to track everything through apps but it led me to spend too much time on my phone and I didn't like that there had to be a separate app for each thing. I got into bullet journaling this year and it's made my life so much easier! You can customise it however you want and make it fit your lifestyle and you can make it very artsy or keep it minimalistic, it's super versatile :)
The screen time feature on my iPhone is both a blessing and a curse. It’s good to limit yourself but I hate seeing the numbers of how long I’ve bern on my phone. I especially hate it when it tells you that you’re daily average is up. It makes me feel so sad. I feel like seeing the numbers is ruining my mental health. I want to turn off screen time because I don’t want to know how long I’m on my phone anymore. It’s too saddening.
To drink more water, I fill up my Contigo bottle first thing when I wake up, and I only drink a different beverage once I've finished the bottle. I repeat this throughout the day, making it really easy to get in a lot of water. :)
A coloring book really helps me: it gets me off my phone, I get alone time and I’m creating something so I feel super productive when it’s done!
Commenting for the algorithm. But while I’m here I’ll say that I thoroughly enjoy your videos. We’re the same age and have very similar interests and I think we would make great friends in real life. I’m in grad school so I come to TH-cam to unwind and watch mindless stuff.. but that gets excessive sometimes. Your videos are perfect for me. I love analytical stuff and I looooove bullshit stuff like reality tv and silly content on TH-cam and I SO love seeing another really bright awesome lady analyzing the same stuff that I like in an educated/critical/philosophical way. I don’t feel like it’s just me and a bunch of 11 year olds on TH-cam. Lol. Anyway I’m rambling. It’s 3 am and I did final projects for 13 hours today and I can’t think straight. Are long comments better than short comments in the almighty algorithm’s eyes? I hope so.
i have like 66 hours a week and 34 were on tiktok lmaoo and that’s just my phone
my screen time has actually gone DOWN because i moved in with my family again and all this social interaction keeps me away from my phone - but if i was still living by myself it probably would have gone up like 90%
My favorite app to help cut down on screen time is an app called Forest! You plant a cute lil tree and it locks you out of the rest of your phone until that tree grows. If you interrupt it to go to another app, the tree will die and it's so sad because then there's a dead tree in your forest. I've also been using it to track how much time I spend doing things I actually want to reward, like reading, playing guitar, and other non-screen-related hobbies (you can add tags and notes to each tree so you can look back and see how your time was split). It's kept me off my phone and given me a snapshot of how much time I've spent on things that actually enrich me. It's super cute and I highly recommend!
SAME! Work as teacher in front of a screen all day, and in my breaks I look at my phone and when it’s night time, we relax in front of the tv because we are exhausted from the stress of the day. I’ve never felt stress like this, using screens all day, I’m not going to miss it at all, it’s truly a stressful comparison to my normal life
I remember when I would see like 5 hours and id be like "oh shit"
whelp I have a 16 hour average now
I totally agree with this mindset I just started tracking how much I practice my guitar and keeping track of the new music that I find so it's awesome
I always avoid watching your videos because I see the title and I'm just like... shit that's me. But then I watch them and I feel so inspired. You're always so empathetic about things. Instead of going on about how terrible technology is bad and how I'm a bad person for being on my phone and how you're so much better than me because you did a 30 social media cleanse, you talk vulnerably and productively about the issue. I really really appreciate the environment you've created on your channel
I seriously love your love for data. I got my bachelors degree in journalism and ended up becoming a data analyst because that’s what I liked more. But your analysis of media and attention to detail really keeps me excited to be alive. Thank you for existing 💖
Tell me, I clicked this just after one minute of it being uploaded cause I check for yotube videos every minute
I’m going to get off my phone after watching this! ...I’m going to play BOTW on my switch outside... but I’ll be outside!
Did anyone else start quarantine super productive and organized, and now just dgaf? Now I’ve adjusted to watching hours of television all day, eat, back to sleep, repeat. I should want to change but I don’t even care to. It makes me worry that when quarantine is over I’m gonna be very very lazy. Thanks for your vid Tiffany😘
there are so many self-help things out there that almost always just make me roll my eyes, but you, in just being public about wanting the best for yourself/be the best person you can, always seems to encourage me to do the same
Aw that is sweet, thank you! Yeah I’m always trying to improve but also trying to be realistic hahaha
I'm commenting to help your algorithm. My daily screen time is an average of 7 to 8 hours on phone, obviously not including the fact that youtube is always on, on my computer. My top apps are twitter and a sudoku app.
I’ve noticed despite loving listening to things like podcasts, music and so forth I do need quiet time. I need time to think for myself without anything external. I feel much better when I have that time :) but yeah, it’s hard not gonna lie
i feel this. I sometimes need 10 minutes after a video to process what really happened and think things over. Also it's generally healthy to do have some silence in your life.
Btw, I love that you have Sophie from howls moving castle as pfp.
queen of helping us stay balanced and grounded
For the productivity thing, I would strongly recommend a bullet journal. You can put those paper habit trackers and be creative at the same time, and you can also put deadlines and everything a typical planner has but customized to you.
I was staring at my screens ALL the time: when I ate, when I was on my way somewhere, in my bed! I started being more aware of my screen time when I got dry eyes! Trust me... you don't want this. This condition is very, very hard to cure :( and makes looking at screens panful.
You pronounced Adidas the right way! (Greetings from Germany)
wow i did not expect meditopia to be the sponsor! I started using it about a week or two ago cuz quarantine fucked up my sleep schedule so badly.....so i used this app to help fix it! really love the rain sound
Something that has really helped me is bullet journalling. It means that I can spend time being creative and away from screens and I can still track the things I want to with my habit tracker! It's been a game changer for reducing my anxiety and being more mindful
I struggled with drinking enough water for a long time. What I started to do was make sure I drank one full water bottle (16oz) at every meal. That way I would have most of the daily recommended intake naturally. And I would only have to worry about having the last portion at some point in the day. Most of the time split between the morning and afternoon.
Sis my screen time is...let’s not talk about it
Honestly, your obsession with productivity apps, issues with drinking enough water and loving having collated data like Spotify and Lifecycle, just reminds me of self so much!
that's sadly true. we need to appreciate life outside of our phone as well
I wanted to lose weight.i made a bet with myself “no social media until I lost the weight”. On Jan. 1 I deleted all my social media apps. And i have continued to loose weight!
Does that mean when you go back, you'll put it back on?
Isn’t TH-cam social media too
@@meghanwilcox5453 Nahhh I would argue it's more like entertainment, whether you're social on TH-cam or not is your decision.
good luck!
girl my screen time is around 16 hours a day
bruh
I like that your videos are more balanced than extreme. It's frustrating and tiring to watch people do those all-or-nothing challenges when you just don't have the energy/time/motivation..
I highly, HIGHLY recommend checking out bullet journaling. I struggle so much with trying to keep myself accountable for things, but find that if I use my phone to keep track of anything, I immediately get distracted and start looking at social media or other random stuff. The basic idea of bullet journaling is very simple and unfussy, but you can make habit trackers, lists, and creative flourishes etc that suit your personal needs and goals. It has allowed me to have a better understanding of how I use my time, without the uncomfortable granularity that digital forms sometimes encourage. It has allowed me to be able to set my phone aside much more easily when I know it will be just a distraction, without worrying about losing track of things that I need to be keeping track of.
gen z over here if I dipped for a week I'd come back to all my friends saying they wanna kill themselves and people thinking I'VE killed myself. bro everyone's depressed we send memes to make sure we're all still alive
Fynn Anantram pretty much. i haven’t talked to one of my friends in weeks but we sent tons of memes to each other every day and i didn’t for like 24 hours and she CALLED me (which is a big deal if it’s anyone except your mom haha)
This social isolation situation made me realize, you guys really keep your screen time on? I turned mine off haha
hahaha I wish I could ignore it but I do like having it on for when I wanna check up lmao
tiffanyferg I turned it on once but the truth was too hard to handle 😂😂
I really recommend timelapsing things you're doing! Whenever I do hw, chores, or other things it keeps me focused.
i’m a film student and letterboxd has helped me keep what movies i’ve watched straight because i have to watch so many. i like don’t even remembered the films from before this semester when i started using it and now i remember them all like so well it’s been so helpful
All of those tracking apps would give me serious anxiety, I'm in the last semester of undergrad and should be working on my thesis but who am I kidding, nothing is happening and I feel really bad and lazy and like loosing brain cells
- screentime (phone) in the last few weeks is between 2 and 3 hours a day BUT Laptop/Nintendo/TV not included would estimate like 6 to 8 hours a day
*checks average TH-cam watch time per day*
11:51 per day
*Gets super freaked out*
*Continues watching TH-cam*
I love that your videos take this balanced/both sides approach. It gives me even more to think about long after the video is over!
Thank you for mentioning how taking care of our responsibilities IS a way to take care of ourselves. It's been hard hearing every day that it's okay to use this time to rest when as a student (or an essential worker or someone working from home), I cannot afford to rest like that right now! It's finals season and pushing things off is just making me feel worse and more anxious soooo. I guess my point is that everyone should just be doing what they need to to feel okay right now, and that won't look the same for everyone.