I’m so proud of our young twenty-something kid. She proclaimed a couple weeks ago that we shouldn’t be alarmed if it takes her a little longer to get messages, as she deleted most of her socials and has all phone notifications turned off pretty much full time. She’s finally had enough. After watching and reading a few clips and articles I’ve sent her on the massive impact of excessive screen time on constructive activity, she started doing the math. As a side effect, she told me that her almost constant feeling of anxiety and FOMO is gone. No more interrupted workouts. No doom scrolling instead of studying. More time outside. More face to face with friends.