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    Work-Life Balance Or Screen-Life Balance?

    Aug 02, 2021 3 minutes
    BY TIANA CLINE

    AS EARLY AS 1955, people started panicking about the idea of too much screen time. The saying ‘square eyes’ came along with the invention of television yet today, we’re looking at screens more than ever before. The old adage of a work-life balance has shifted to achieving the perfect screen-life balance which is said to be better for sleep, brain development, mental health and everything in between.

    “The problem with screens is not the screens themselves but rather the distance,” explains Dr Johann Lamprecht, a specialist ophthalmic eye surgeon based in Johannesburg. “If we

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