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This holiday season, I’m putting my phone down to focus on quality time with my loved ones. Here are some ideas I have to make it happen.

I hate that I feel uncontrollably drawn to my smartphone whenever I have an idle moment

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December 25, 2019 at 11:08 a.m. EST

I have a love-hate relationship with my smartphone. I love using it to make sure that I am not constantly getting lost, but I hate that I feel uncontrollably drawn to it whenever I have an idle moment. If I have any free time over the holidays, I don’t want to squander it — those cookies aren’t going to bake themselves.

Here are some ideas for distancing myself from my robot overlord.