Done doom scrolling? Dump your bad phone habits in 2025

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Can’t stop doom scrolling or rushing to check every notification buzz? If your New Year’s resolutions include better boundaries with your phone, then you’ve come to the right place.

According to Reviews.org, Americans checked their phones 205 times a day in 2024, up from 144 times in 2023. Whether people find themselves reaching for their phones with distraction or work in mind, that constant itch doesn’t bode well for their mental health or productivity, stresses Dr. Aditi Nerukar, an internal medicine physician and lecturer on global health and social medicine at Harvard. 

Deanna Cuadra
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Deanna Cuadra is a senior reporter at Employee Benefit News. Her work covers healthcare, U.S. policy and reform, challenges faced by women and parents in the workplace and innovation in work culture … Read full bio


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