Are you in control of your smartphone or is it in control of you? Sometimes it's hard to know. In a minute, you can be using FaceTime to chat with your friends or talk about your favorite TV show on Twitter. Then you're stuck on a TikTok infinite scroll or opening your email for the 25th time and can't focus on anything else.
Many people are making real efforts to resist and get away from the influence of their smartphones . A 2021 survey by the research company GWI revealed that people of all ages limit the time they spend on social media, especially younger respondents. 25% of Gen Z and 23% of Millennials said they now look less at social media apps to help maintain their mental health.
But as recent studies suggest, not all tech time is the same. Passively browsing Facebook and comparing your life to other people's has never been a recipe for happiness. But the active use of Twitter for social support can be.
So instead of setting well-intentioned but ultimately untenable resolutions or signing up for some kind of extreme "digital detox," think about changing the settings in some of your apps so you don't miss out on life. Here we tell you how to do it :
