Put The Phone Down and Read This (Unless You're Reading on Your Phone, In Which CasePut it Down After You Read.)

It’s all explainable.

This is what I tell myself as I stare at the screen time report from the last week. 4 hours and… how many minutes per day? I blink and blink, considering the nearly thirty hours I’ve spent swiping a screen in the last week. All things are justifiable, though, so I consider work, hadn’t I texted clients on an almost constant basis last week? I traveled last week, too, which meant my phone was my primary way of checking and responding to email.

I’ve more justifications than...