“We talk so much about the necessity of reducing screen time and getting off one’s phone, but we don’t talk enough about what is supposed to replace it. With adults spending an average of 2.5 hours per day on social media alone (not counting other forms of phone-based entertainment), that is a significant amount of time that suddenly needs to be reallocated toward something else.

It makes sense that many of the popular “phone-life balance” hacks don’t last. They are temporary solutions to a bigger problem, which is that we have forgotten how to do other things. Unless we can spark that interest again, we don’t stand a chance again the frictionless allure of a device that offers instant gratification as soon as we feel the slightest inkling of boredom.”

The Analog Family -> Read more from Katherine’s blog post if this has peaked your interest here