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From the blog

Straight talk about
your screen time.

Why apps hold on to you, what that really costs, and what helps. All sourced, all honest, no fearmongering.

Focus · 4 min

Your focus is not broken. Your day is fragmented.

What interruptions really cost, why the goldfish myth is wrong, and where a deliberate pause can help.

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Sleep · 3 min

Phone in bed: what screen time does to your sleep

Why using a screen in bed stands out, based on a large survey and 323 objectively tracked nights.

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Family · 3 min

Screen time in the family: rules you set together

What age-aware rules, visible role modelling, and a shared plan can do in everyday family life.

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Practice · 3 min

A challenge ends. Your everyday life does not.

What the rebound after a successful reduction teaches us about changes that last.

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Practice · 3 min

Why willpower alone loses against apps

Why a deliberate pause can interrupt autopilot better than another vague resolution.

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Health · 3 min

Less screen time: what controlled studies show

What changed in stress, sleep and wellbeing, and why the evidence remains mixed and limited.

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The numbers · 3 min

4:05 on your phone: how much lifetime is that?

A device-based study median, about 58 interactions and your own transparent scenario calculation.

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Mechanics · 3 min

Why social rewards pull you back

What likes and endless feeds do, where the casino analogy ends and what the EU has preliminarily found.

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Founder Story · Diyana

I documented my life more than I lived it.

A creator with over 40,000 followers and a consumer with twelve hours of screen time a day.

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Founder Story · Larissa

I love social media. And yet.

Why connection and a loss of control can both be true.

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Founder Story · Manu

back to you.

About the child we once were, real presence and the way back.

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Founder Story · Szymon

I beat harder addictions than my phone

Szymon's personal story about resolutions, dependence and setting a boundary in advance.

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