Gen Z - Struggling With Phone Addiction

SOURCE CALLOUT: Hello, LinkedIn weekend crowd! If you’re (1) currently caught in a mindless scroll and (2) a member of Gen Z, please read on. I’m working on a new feature for Maclean’s magazine, and it revolves around the question: can young people realistically kick our phone addictions? I’m looking to speak to fellow Gen Z folk who’ve tried to wrangle their screen time, and found that it was much harder than expected. Maybe you deleted your most-enticing apps, but somehow ended up back on them. Or you bought a dumb phone, but are still spending too much time on your smartphone. Maybe social media is your job and you have no choice but to keep up; maybe you work a bunch of gigs and can’t afford to be unreachable. I’m also interested in your experiences of runaway phone use. Tell me about the worst it’s ever gotten for you! We can trade stories. If you’re interested, please reach out at jadinengan(at)gmail(dot)com. Or send this to a friend! There are plenty of forces that keep us on our phones, and I need your help proving that point.