How to Break Up with Your Phone

Outline

How to Break Up with Your Phone (2018) explains how smartphones and apps are designed to capture our attention and why constant checking affects focus, memory, sleep, and relationships. Catherine Price then offers a practical 30-day plan to reset your relationship with your phone, not by giving it up, but by using it intentionally and reclaiming time for the things that matter most.

• Smartphones and apps are designed to capture your attention, so constant checking is not simply a personal weakness.
• Compulsive phone checking can affect your focus, memory, sleep, and relationships.
• The book offers a practical 30-day plan to reset how you relate to your phone.
• The goal is not to give up your phone but to use it intentionally.
• Spending less time on the phone frees up time for the things that matter most to you.

Catherine Price is an American science journalist and author who writes about health, technology, and well-being. She founded Screen/Life Balance, an organisation that helps people build healthier relationships with their devices. Her other books include The Power of Fun and Vitamania.