Started The Bear 3 weeks ago and my screen time dropped from 6 hours to 40 minutes a day
I was scrolling my phone for like 6 hours a day and could not sit through a single episode of anything, so 3 weeks back I finally put my phone in a drawer and started The Bear on Hulu. Now I am 2 seasons deep and my daily screen time is down to 40 minutes, which still feels fake to type out. Did a show ever pull you off your phone like that, or am I just late to the party on this one?
Putting the phone in a drawer is the move. I did the same thing with my phone during Succession and it turns out the problem was never my attention span, it was the phone sitting right there. One tiny thing that helped me: keep the drawer in a different room, because if it's within arm's reach you will grab it during the slow parts. Also 40 minutes a day is legit, half of that is probably just checking what time it is.