We live in a day and age where people are always on their phone. I was sat on the train during my commute to work the other day and I looked up and no word of a lie, but every single person was on their mobile phone. Once upon a time many years ago, you may have seen people reading a newspaper, reading a book or even dare I say it, talking to the person next to them, but no, every single person was head down and scrolling. This shows surely that too much screen time is becoming an increasing issue.
I can’t say too much because I know for a fact that I am just as guilty. If not, probably worse than all of the people that I saw on the train that day.
Whilst I do partially have an excuse and that is that I manage several social media accounts for my job, so this does involve me spending a lot of time being paid to scroll. This doesn’t make it sound quite so bad, but it does mean I spend an awful lot of time using my phone and with a presence on social media, which in the long run, it isn’t great. Not only that but too much social media can be overwhelming.
I know my eyes have suffered from too much screen time over the years. The majority of my working day is spent looking at a screen, whether that be a laptop or a phone, and then when work is over, I still come home and browse my own social media accounts. If I’m not doing that then I’m watching television – it feels like screen after screen after screen. It’s only whilst writing this blog post that I have realised how dominant screens are in my life and I think somehow I need to try and take a step back.
I wear glasses now, or at least I should do for screen time use, but I know that my eyesight has got worse. I can feel the strain when looking at a screen and without even realising it, I can be frowning, so not only are my eyes suffering but so are the fine lines on my face – not good! Many people also opt to wear prescription lenses to help with their vision – whether that’s while they’re staring at the screen of a television, working on a laptop or scrolling through social media feeds on their smartphones and you can choose here.
The following infographic shows though that I’m not alone in my habits. The infographic, created by Vizulize, looks at people’s phone habits to find out how much time they’re spending on their phone, which apps they’re using the most and whether or not screen time is causing any damage to eyes, such as dryness or eye strain.
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