It’s early evening on any given day. Amy grabs her phone and checks if there are new messages. Almost a half-hour later, Amy has checked her device eight times. Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter ...

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Reaching for your phone the second you wake up could be doing more harm than good. Many people reach for their phones before even getting out of bed. It has become a habit—checking messages, scrolling ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. You’re standing in line at the grocery store or waiting for an elevator. You have no more than a minute to kill. And yet, before ...

It’s early evening on any given day, Amy grabs her phone and checks if there are new messages. Almost a half-hour later, Amy has checked her device eight times. An hour has passed. Amy has checked her ...