social media apps allow us “to maintain relationships that would otherwise decay.”10 While most of us tend to think of this as a good thing, it’s actually not. Some of these relationships actually should decay—that’s necessary for us to have the time and space to establish and nurture new ones. Even if you feel your phone usage is healthy overall, it’s likely that your phone (and social media apps more specifically) cost real time and energy that could have been used to show up for yourself or someone else.
