Focus Friend: Curing Your Smartphone Addiction

Ever find yourself constantly picking up your phone, checking it even though you know you have no notifications? Or do you ever fall into the habit - yet again - of mindlessly scrolling for hours on end, flipping through Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and repeat.

This, believe it or not, is smartphone addiction - and yes, it’s a real addiction - and yes, this is your phone’s intention. Instead of going outside, hanging out with friends and being social, holding a conversation with someone, you are retreating back into that little black box in your pocket, to be oo’d and aah’d by its pretty flashing lights while launching your screentime into the stratosphere and perpetuating your ADHD tendencies.