No one really knows how much screen time is too much. Keep those numbers a mystery—and be free.
, for example, concluded that children and adolescents who were exposed to “excessive and addictive use of digital media” were more likely to be in poor physical and mental health. But for all the research into the effects of prolonged screen time on young people, it’s not so easy to find data on how this impacts adults.
In fact, there doesn’t seem to be any official guideline from experts on how much screen time is considered excessive for adults. If you search for answers online, most sites helpfully point out the obvious. They assert that screen time before bed is bad because staring at a bright light right before you want to fall asleep will make it harder to fall asleep, or that too much time on your phone could lead you to forgo physical activity and thus contribute to your risk of obesity.
For me personally, worrying about screen time had more to do with feeling shame about being too online than wanting to stay fit or improve my sleep hygiene. If you’re online as much as I am, you likely have an idealized version of an offline person in your mind. This sanguine luddite doesn’t cite flash-in-the-pan pop culture moments in conversation or start sentences with “Did you see that video?” They tell you about a news story you saw weeks ago that has since been debunked.
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