10. Keep your phone off until after your morning quiet time. The stats are ominous: 75 percent of people sleep next to their phones, and 90 percent of us check our phones immediately upon waking.9 I can’t think of a worse way to start my day than a text from my work, a glance at email, a quick (sure…) scroll through social media, and a news alert about that day’s outrage. That is a surefire recipe for anger, not love. Misery, not joy. And definitely not peace. Listen: do not let your phone set your emotional equilibrium and your news feed set your view of the world. At the risk of coming off
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