Did you survive Dry January? Now it's time for a far more difficult challenge, phone free February.
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00:00Did you survive dry January?
00:02Well, now it's time for a far more difficult challenge,
00:06Phone Free February.
00:08According to the non-profit website,
00:10PhoneFreeFebruary.com, it's a global campaign
00:14that aims to promote healthier smartphone use
00:17by challenging you to go without your phone
00:19for the entire month.
00:21The site says we check our phones on average
00:24221 times per day.
00:26That's more than 16 times per hour
00:29if you sleep eight hours.
00:31The group has two levels,
00:33completely phone-free,
00:35which they acknowledge is not possible
00:37for most of us whose jobs depend on cell phones,
00:40and phone flex,
00:42which simply means reducing your screen time,
00:45perhaps finding a phone-free hour each day.
00:48Research shows that excessive screen time
00:51is linked with a higher risk of obesity,
00:53mental health concerns like anxiety and depression,
00:56and sleep complications.
00:58FYI, my phone tells me I'm on this thing
01:0111-plus hours per day.