
How to break up with your phone
Price, Catherine
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Catherine Priceviii, 184 pages
Contents: An open letter to my phone -- Our phones are designed to addict us -- Putting the dope in dopamine -- The tricks of the trade -- Why social media sucks -- The truth about multitasking -- Your phone is changing your brain -- Your phone is killing your attention span -- Your phone messes with your memory -- Stress, sleep and satisfaction -- How to take back your life -- Changing your habits -- Reclaiming your brain -- (And beyond) Your new relationship
Summary: Is your phone the first thing you reach for when you wake up? And the last thing you see before you sleep? Do you find the hours slip away as you idly scroll through your social media timeline? In short, are you addicted to your phone? If so, How to Break Up with Your Phone is here to help. How to Break Up With Your Phone is a smart, practical and useful plan to help you conquer your mobile phone addiction in just 30 days - and take back your life in the process. Recent studies have shown that spending extended time on our phones affects our ability to form new memories, think deeply, focus and absorb information, and the hormones triggered every time we hear our phones buzz both add to our stress levels and are the hallmark signs of addiction. (Publisher)
Librarian's Miscellania
20190717160906.0Location | edition | Bar Code | due date |
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NON-FICTION | L18984 |
Dewey: | 662 |
ISBN: | 9780399581120 |
pub: | 2018 |