Master or slave? (2)

This blog entry is about digital wellbeing, which I strongly believe everyone should be mindful of, as smartphone addiction is real and affects way too many people.

I finally got to analyse my smartphone usage last year, based on the weekly digital wellbeing reports with its default settings, no exclusion (no cheating!). It's a worthwhile undertaking, so I continued and now I have a total of 184 weeks worth of data.

Based on 184 data points, my daily average screen time is 18.8 minutes (was 19.5 minutes), the standard deviation is 9.1 minutes (was 8.9 minutes). The number of weeks within these 184 weeks that my daily average screen time was (1) less than 10 minutes = 19 (10.3%); (2) between 10 to 30 minutes = 144 (78.3%); (3) between 30 to 60 minutes = 19 (10.3%); (4) more than 60 minutes = 2 (1.1%).

For the 45 weeks thus far in 2026, my daily average screen time is 15.6 minutes. I am happy with this number.

Managed to keep my daily average screen time under 10 minutes for 13 out of the 45 weeks, and in 9 consecutive weeks within June to August period. I am super happy about this.

To top that, this year I have broken my previous shortest daily average screen time record of 7 minutes, I managed 5 minutes for two weeks. =D

new record for shortest daily average screen time

oops! I did it again

Personally I think daily average of 30 minutes or less is a healthy target to aim for, but that's just me. I do highly encourage everyone to monitor your smartphone usage, set a target goal to achieve, and practise digital detox.

Again I like to reiterate that smartphone is a tool, be the master of the tool instead of being enslaved by it.

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