Eric Siu explains why you should put your phone away 30 minutes before bed and after waking. Rapid context switching on apps like Instagram increases anxiety. He noticed he felt happier on morning walks when he left his phone behind.
No screens 30 minutes before bed and no screens 30 minutes after waking up. Why? I don't know for you. I don't think this happens to you, but when I look at my screen for too long, I start to get a lot of anxiety. When you have like an Instagram, like to have like 50 different contexts at once and just keep swapping around, like your mind starts to get warped. And that's how I feel. So like when I go for a walk in the morning, right, I'm like walking around towards the sun, right? Because that's what you're supposed to do. When I don't have my phone, I feel a lot happier.
