Digital usage is by no means all bad. Just looking back over the last 18 months it is possible to see how much technology has been used and made our lives and work more manageable during an extremely turbulent time.
It provides the opportunity to reconnect with friends and family around the world and feel a real sense of unity over this global issue, something not possible without the readily available technology.
Ensuring that the technology and its usage is dictated by you, and not the other way round, is the message from most medical professionals and tech companies, and they are creating more and more ways to help you with this:
Google Digital Wellbeing – find a balance that works for you
Android Digital Wellbeing – New ways to find balance
The Mental Health Journal – Using Technology to Improve Mental Health & Wellbeing