Step Aside, Phone: Week 1
OK, so here we are at the end of the first week of Step Aside, Phone. Quick re-cap from last week - my average phone and tablet usage combined was approximately 4 hours per day (2.5hrs on phone, and 1.5hr on tablet).
That's high! Hopefully this week was better?
Tablet
This one is easy - my screen time on my tablet has been zero, as I turned it off last week, and haven't turned it back on again. Instead I've been either reading RSS feeds quickly on my phone before bed, or reading a book on my Kindle.
It took me a couple days to get back into reading a book; I haven't done it for a while and as a result my mind kept wandering. I'm back in the swing of things now though and I'm enjoying the book I'm currently reading.
Honestly, I haven't missed my tablet at all. I'm not sure if that thing will get turned back on.
Phone
So the phone...that's also reduced for the most part, but I have had a couple days with heavier usage. Here's how the breakdown went:
- Mon - 48 mins
- Tue - 61 mins
- Wed - 55 mins
- Thur - 2hrs 13mins
- Fri - 1hr 42mins
- Sat - 2hrs 01min
- Sun - 30 mins
- Average - 1hr 19mins
Ok, so from 2.5hr average to 1:19hr average. I'll take that. My usage was up for a few days between Wed-Fri as I was shopping for stuff Amazon, as well as browsing for a new car for my wife.
The only day where I really wasted time was on Thursday where I spent some time on YouTube during my son's swimming lesson (that's the only time I went on YT all week), and on Friday where I spent 16 mins playing on my silly game.
Overall I think it's been a pretty good week, and I hope the next 3 weeks continue to improve. Although, not quite as good as Manu this week!