Woman's Own

COULD YOU GO PHONE-FREE?

Ding! Ping! Beep! That’s pretty much the soundtrack to my life, played on iPhone.

And I’m not alone – 84% of the UK’s adult population owns a smartphone, spending an average of two hours and 34 minutes on them every single day.

My last screen-time notification came in at a whopping three hours and 37 minutes per day. That’s nearly a fifth of my waking hours.

My mobile lives in my back pocket (it’s ended up down the loo more than once!) and

MONDAY

The old-school alarm clock wakes me. Usually, the first thing I do is check the notifications on my phone:

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