BeHereNow Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 Has anyone had good results from cutting back on the usage of devices/screens? I realize that I'm asking this to an internet forum with an audience limited to internet users. But, since you all are technology users, I wonder if spending time on the internet, netflix, social media, texting, apps, games, etc., has an effect on your energy levels. Personally I know that I spend way too much time on my devices, looking stuff up, going on instagram, staring at my phone at the same time as I'm binge watching netflix. I know it's supposedly disruptive to your sleep and melatonin production. So that would rule out netflix as a sleep aid, lol. But I want to take this a step further. I wonder if I'd be more energized if I cancelled my internet service entirely. I figure I can save $75 a month and probably lose weight, work out more, sleep better, and be more productive in general, not to mention saving $$. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quit-once Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 I find that using screen time is merely a convenient distraction for procrastination of getting stuff done. I don't think that cancelling the internet would necessarily help you be more productive because you would find a replacement for that screen time somewhere else. Last summer, I cancelled the Dish TV but I found a way to get some of that programming over the internet. I also spent more time browsing and participating on forums like this one. When I hooked up the TV again this fall, those internet habits continued, although I never really have gotten back into watching TV and I feel like I could do without a TV subscription very well. Just like trading one addiction for another, I traded one form of screen entertainment for another. Good thing I don't care what is on my phone! And I think that I could find a replacement for the internet.....like good old fashioned reading from print, or watching more TV again, If I didn't have it. There seems to be a certain amount of time I need to "waste" being sedentary. Even more so during the cold, dark winter months. Its funny, because I used to blame that laziness on adderall recovery but in reality I had these same lazy habits pre-adderall and pre-internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank B Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 I waste to much time on them myself log on this site from my phone why I'm always on here. I should probably try quitting it myself lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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