Amanda NorthcuttFounder & CEO | Keynote Speaker, LevelUp · B2B sales as a solo is HARD. I’ve got you. I help consultants & coaches sell high-ticket services comfortably & confidently, while enjoying consistent, predictable revenue | Founder & CEO | Speaker |

The Screen-Time Shock Before Bed

11 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker advises clients to log every waking activity, including sleep duration, for one to two weeks to obtain a comprehensive view of their daily patterns. The speaker highlights that many people use evening screen time—often 2–3 hours—as a coping mechanism to unwind after a stressful day, which can become a significant eye‑opener when quantified. This excessive screen exposure before bedtime is linked to disrupted sleep, which in turn impairs attention, executive functioning, and overall daily performance. The discussion underscores the importance of data‑driven awareness of screen habits to address sleep issues and improve cognitive functioning.

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I would say once we start having the conversation, I have them take at least a week or 2 and put everything on the calendar. I'm like, I want to know what every waking moment is. I want to know how long you're sleeping. Like, we want all the data. And probably for them, one of the biggest eye-openers is the amount spent on screen times. And oftentimes this is in those evening hours leading up to sleep. It's a coping mechanism. And I get that, like, they're stressed, they're tired, they got kids to bed, they finally shut the laptop. They're like, I don't want to think. I just want my brain to go on autopilot. But it could be easily like 2 to 3 hours that they're spending before they actually get to sleep. And so impacting sleep and sleep issues are another thing we talk about too, because that impacts our functioning and how we're showing up and attention and executive functioning and all of that. And so that's probably one of the biggest, biggest eye-openers from them.