COMMUNITY DISCUSSION #2

 MANAGING SCREEN TIME

You may know someone who spends so much time on their smart phone that results in inattention to important things in their life like family, school or job related commitments.

Down the rabbit hole is a trending expression for on-device time.

"The term rabbit hole is often used to describe online activities. The Web was essentially designed to function as a rabbit hole because of the way hyperlinks work, and Web surfing in general can be considered a voluntary trip down the rabbit hole." 

"In a fall down the rabbit hole, an individual sets off on the path with a goal, gets sidetracked by various events and changes direction several times along the way, eventually ending up somewhere unexpected, typically without having satisfied the original purpose of the quest."   -Ivy Wigmore

Various applications have been engineered to manipulate users into spending more time in the app thus increasing the companies advertising revenue. The engineering is extraordinary and so seamless that users are unaware of how much time is passing. At some point there is a cognition:  "I have fallen down a rabbit hole."

If time is important to you, it is possible to trigger an alert on your phone that will gray out your app thus alerting you of the passage of time.

Patricia just taught me how to access screen time data on my phone and set limits and alerts for the passage of time.  Like keeping an eye on your bank account, it's good management to know how much time you're spending in the digital world.

Here's how to get that important data:  Go to:

1. SETTINGS
2. SCREEN TIME
3. APP LIMITS: here's a graph showing how you're spending time on your device.
4. see ALL ACTIVITY
5. WEEK: show's in color time spent on various apps.light blue catagory, entertainment includes YouTube, Music, Audible books.   

6. dark blue catagory includes: productivity like spreadsheets, 

   orange catagory includes: phone calls, messaages, and social apps 

7. DAY: scroll down to 
8. APP USAGE: two options, MOST USED or SHOW APPS & WEBSITES
9. PICK UPS: shows how many times you've picked up your device
10. APP LIMITS: select the app(s) you want to limit. (30 min.  45 min.   60 min.)