What’s especially astounding is that it only tracks the time when the phone screen is on. This is according to Moment, an app that tracks phone time. How much time the average person spends on their phone each day - three hours and 57 minutes. What’s the most jarring stat about phone use you’ve come across? The goal is to have control over the relationship. You’ll use your phone when it’s helpful and when it’s genuinely enjoyable. Breaking up with your phone means going from having this obsessive romantic relationship where you’re thinking about your phone all the time, to being friends with your phone. No, the point is not to dump your phone or throw it under the bus. Is your goal to get us to chuck our phones altogether? In your book, you lay out a step-by-step guide for readers. That class made me aware of how I choose to use my time and how moment-to-moment decisions affect our lives. I was also inspired by a mindfulness-based stress reduction course I took with my husband. I didn’t want that to be her first impression of her mother or a human relationship. I had this out-of-body moment of seeing what that would look like from the outside, and it really upset me. I saw her looking up at me, and I noticed that I was looking down at my phone. I had a baby, and I was sitting there in a room late at night with her. When did you realize you needed to break up with your phone? Side hustle: Obsessed with the musical Hamilton created a walking-tour app about Alexander’s deeds here. Last book: Vitamania: How Vitamins Revolutionized the Way We Think About Food (2016). CV, abridged: Philly freelance science journalist published in The Best American Science Writing, the New York Times and Slate, among others.
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