Description

I discuss why you should stop checking your phone when you wake up, benefits to ditching your smartphone in the bedroom, sleep inertia and sleep drunkenness, how I decreased my screen time by 65%, and more.

Some references from the episode:

• MindBodySpace podcast episode: Two Simple Steps To Ditch Your Phone From Your Morning Routine So That You Can Focus and Be Happier
• MindBodySpace podcast episode: How to Decrease Anxiety and Get Focused in a Hyper Texting Digital World with Caitlin Begg
• Waking up is the hardest thing I do all day: Sleep inertia and sleep drunkenness (2018 US study)
• Using Wake-Up Tasks for Morning Behavior Change: Development and Usability Study (2022 Korean study)
• Sleeping with the frenemy: How restricting ‘bedroom use’ of smartphones impacts happiness and wellbeing (2018 UK study).
• Beginning the workday yet already depleted? Consequences of late-night smartphone use and sleep (2014 US Study)
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  Everyday Conversation: The Effect of Asynchronous Communication and Hypercommunication on Daily Interaction and Sociotechnical Systems