@@maria6451 I have a similar amount, I have 14h and I spend 64h on RUclips a week, mostly because I need music or something to play in the background when I do stuff. I can't sit in silence
ABSOLUTELY. And the problem is I spend hours on my phone and by the end of it I don’t even know what I was doing on it. Like, I feel like I did nothing. Even when I look at my hours spent and it shows me the apps I use, I sometimes still don’t recall what exactly I was doing that day on the app.
My main trick to using my phone less is trying to use it purposefully: I read articles, talk to my friends, or answer texts from my students, and only check Twitter on my laptop (I also went off a bunch of social media, but that's another topic). It kinda sucks because you have to find tasks to do when you'd usually use your phone and sometimes it's just staring at the ceiling bored out of your mind. However, some other times you get to hang out or chat with your friends or chill with your pets. It's a lot of back & forth, and I've certainly "relapsed" into like 5 hours of screen time a day more than once (and twice, and thrice...), but every time I cut my screen time I feel much less "no thoughts head empty" and more "brain unclouded, feeling inspired", so it pays off. Anyways, I hope this journey pays off for you & that you find some tricks that work for you :D
It does!!! I think if you read like 2-4 hours every day that makes it 6-8 screen time average. (Though 8 hours of screen time without reading is a lot)
mine too omg, when she was like “3h hours wow that’s a lot” i was so embarrassed lol, but at least i read on my phone too, so i guess i’m a bit of the hook.
The thing about my screen time is that I'm unable to do anything without background noises. So my YT time is insane, but a lot of it is when i'm doing chores, driving, taking a shower, etc. So I don't really know how much of my screen time is me sitting around and wasting time. If anyone is in a similar situation, what I decided to do this week as a challenge is: instead of watching YT videos while doing chores I'll listen to music, podcasts or audiobooks. So I'll have a more accurate screen time. I could also adress why i'm unable to spend 5 minutes washing the dishes in silence, but let's ignore that, lol p.s. here's the tradicional "english is not my first language, sorry for any mistakes"
i’m the exact same way. i try to read in silence but my mind wanders so much, so i always have to listen to music or at the very least white noise. & i’ll sit in silence searching for a video/show to listen to while i do something, but i can’t do the task itself in silence😅
I’m exactly the same! I normally clean a lot on a Saturday and I put my wireless headphones on and clean while ‘watching’ but mainly listening to RUclips. I think most videos I watch are about the verbal communication rather than the visual aspects so it’s not too bad. I put every single video I want to watch on my ‘watch later’ playlist and then don’t even have to stop between videos because I know the next one will be good.
I dont have such problem with my phone Nokia 500. It has touch screen and internet, but the screen is so small that you cant read anything on it without eye strain. P.S. Why does she hold a pen not like chimpanzee (17:40)? I thought she is from US, where people hold pens in a weird way.
@@delarameshaghi6459 Didnt know that. She has no accent (at least I dont hear it), even Japanese name she pronounces like native English speaker ("sh" instead of "s").
What you observed regarding just taking more time to complete tasks when you weren’t using your laptop probably can be related to Parkinson‘s law. He basically says that you will complete a task in a time frame you set for it, so if you usually think about watching RUclips after washing the dishes you automatically allotted less time to that task, thereby finishing it quicker than when you know you won‘t be going on your laptop/phone today anyway through which you appoint a longer timeframe to that task subconsciously and thereby the task stretches out to take up that longer timeframe :D
Before having a smartphone I used to concentrate a lot more and read way more. Now I've kind of lost that ability... I think it's a matter of training and focusing more on what you're doing at every moment rather than having your phone as a distraction all the time. I loved the video, I'm gonna try this on summer holidays.
This is such a good idea. When I was in training for the military I didn’t get to have my phone (I didn’t have free time really anyways) but I was totally fine without it but somehow now my screen time is 8-14 hours.
I did this the other day but every time I reached to scroll my phone or do nonwork stuff on the computer, I read instead. Completed a 400 page book in less than 24 hours (and honestly still scrolled a little bit)
This is such a good idea, I wish I was brave enough to give it a try! I do a lot of school work through my phone so it would be difficult to get rid of it.
I love this experiment and it's definitely something I'd consider doing as I know my own screen time has been a bit high lately. Though I find it fascinating that you had a hard time following the audiobook vs. tiktok or RUclips while getting ready for bed - I'm the complete opposite, I can be absorbed in the audiobook because I don't need my eyes, whereas with TikTok or RUclips I feel I will stop getting ready to watch the video because my eyes naturally draw to the screen. It's so interesting how everyone's experiences are a little different!
Lots of your comments resonate with me. Like, I totally get that reading is not as leisurely as you'd like it to be! I find it really hard to read in the late evening or before bed like many articles suggest because my brain is just too tired at that point. I had the same dilemma like you mentioned- I refused to spend my before-bed time on my phone, but then I didn't want to read either, so I ended up doing.. nothing. I actually began knitting earlier this year for this exact reason. I needed a hobby that I could turn to when I was too tired to enjoy my other hobby (=reading). And I'm not sure if you've finished How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell by this point, but I really recommend reading it rather than listening. Unlike the deceptively laid-back title and chill cover, that book is filled with so much information! It's just the kind of book that one is supposed to really take time, sit and read. I was always furiously highlighting sentences and paragraphs when I was reading it. Oh and yeah, deleting Twitter app on the phone and then using Twitter with mobile web browser is also an on-and-off thing that I do. But deleting the app does help me cut the mindless timeline scrolling and instead go onto Twitter only when I have this really strong desire to rant, so I still think it's worth it :D
I should pick up knitting before bed again. Adult coloring books work too. I used to read in the mornings before getting up, but was often either too hungry or fell back asleep. 😅
When you are watching a youtube video about cutting down screen time, and you really should be writing your exam paper instead... feeling a little bit called out right now LOL
I had to delete it off my phone because I just couldn’t not spend my entire day just scrolling through it, I’m on my 15th book for the month of June and I’d rather be reading then wasting away on Tik tok 😂
I only don’t have any social media other than RUclips, but I still can easily spend 4 hours a day on this platform (in the BookTube variety especially lately) 9:10 this is so relatable 22:40 The Good Place!!! Yay
I ended up putting app timers on my phone. Once I'm over my 45 minutes, the apps lock me out until the following day. It's helped so much with increasing reading time. Great video!
I really enjoyed this video, thanks for sharing your week with us! I’m going to try this for myself; I especially liked the idea of not only reading more but taking more time with my daily tasks. I may or may not also have deleted my Twitter app only to keep it constantly open in a browser tab instead…. And in those weird times where reading is too intense of an activity for me, I’ve started just chilling listening to music! I like that I can use different playlists to cultivate different moods for myself at different times of day.
this is literally what ive been doing! i always felt so miserable scrolling on my phone during quarantine--now i've been reading! i've read 24 books so far in 2021 which may not seem like that much but im pretty sure last year i read like 5 books haha
I’ve been trying to do this for the past month and I went from an avg 8-10 hours to 4-5 hours most days, u get more reading done and you’re helping your phone’s battery life lol
I’m not sure if I’m the only one hearing this, but it seems like you have an accent and I love it! I’m new to the channel so I may be wrong, but it sounds super cool regardless.
It's been years I have been watching your videos/vlogs!!! And I am so excited for you to hit 100K!!! You put so much into your videos; and that makes me so happy to see your growth
The not watching something while eating is so on point, I feel like as a society we've become so used to constant fast paced stimulation like tv phones and laptops that it feels restless to be alone with your thoughts even when youre just taking like 10-15 mins eating.
I got rid of Instagram and Facebook after years of constant daily use and now I’ve been reading an average of one book per week, which is pretty good for me! Im glad to have my time and attention back!
“That’s a lot that’s a lot.....” hahahaha I laughed so louuuud coz that was me a few months ago. From there on I tried to reduce as much as I could and so I deleted my social media from phone (I still access it from my computer once in a while) and wow I have read so many books since then!!! Loved this challenge, Leo!
My 'screen time' setting wasn't even on. 🙃 I just went to check mine seeing all the comments about it and it wasn't even set up, but I know it's longer than it probably should be.
I do like 10h average on my phone, 3h are RUclips (I usually don't do it on my laptop), 3h are WhatsApp because I'm on finals and my class group is on fire and I also I talk to my friends about finals and everything. But also I use my phone to calm anxiety about finals and to procrastinate, so when I'm not stressed out I can lower it down to 5/6h. I have discovered that less than 3h is nearly impossible to me, but I'm fine with 3h. I usually had the same idea than you and come to the same conclusion, is not about limit phone, is about making the choice to read instead of Twitter in your free time. But to me the only moment I'm on my phone guilt free because I'm not procrastinating is at bedtime (you could say I'm procrastinating sleep, which is true but is another whole story), when I'm exhausted to read and end going the easy way with my phone. When I'm not under extreme stress, I read more and spend less on my phone. On finals is the other way around...
Getting my Kobo was the best thing I ever made! I love to read there because I can adjust font size either I am reading with or without glasses. I can also read through the night while my husband sleeps peacefully. I take it with me everywhere. Work,doctor appointments, leisure walks... It's always on my bag. And I spend way less time on social media.
The chrome thing, I am also guilty of that but with instagram. I delete it when it’s exam season and then I jump in it through google... MAD frustrating
This is a pretty cool video! I'm gonna try and do this some time. I feel like all I do in a day is work, eat, play games and use my phone for various things (online shopping, chatting with my bf, browsing Facebook, watching stuff on YT). I miss reading books honestly, I still haven't read the Mistborn trilogy and am planning to read it very soon (as well as Lord of The Rings!). Thank you for this video and I hope you're doing well~
I appreciated this video and exercise so much. I have done this more informally myself and find the same. Reading is not exactly leisure. Interestingly tho, I believe it FEELS this way because we have become used to mindlessly listening to tiktok or RUclips’s and so our minds are not as “in-shape” to concentrate. Concentration is a muscle that must be exercised along with our bodies. That being said great video thanks!!
Storytel is such an underrated audiobook app! It's quite the replacement for audible and more pocket friendly for us here in India. Also love your off beat humour, Leonie and these vlogs are the perfect way to fill up my day when I'm working. 💖
i deleted twitter about a year ago and it’s amazing. I also set it so i can’t go on instagram or tik tok for more than an hour a day (and on weekends two hours) and it has helped me so much.
can you do some more challenge videos? this is one of my fave videos of yours? also have you *done* any different challenge videos? if so what are they!
Today I have had time to read about 50 pages, finish an assignment, have a cup of cocoa and listened to an audio book for an hour, went grocery shopping and had a trip to the mall. I put a timer on youtube and instagram and have not been on my phone. Soon off to clean, read, make spagetti, watch some tv later on. Hopefully I can keep my screen time down. Had 5-7 hours on my phone each day, so I really need to work on getting less screen time.
I normally watch something while doing other things so I don't consider some things as time wasting. Like I'll watch RUclips when I'm getting ready in the morning and before bed (especially in Korean because I'm learning and it helps me remember), or while I'm eating. So I only look at social media when I think about screen time; notes/Bookly/Spotify/Google are productive things for me. I'm also trying to not be so hard on myself. If I had a really bad day (like to the point of crying), I'll let myself have a little more screentime. Wish I could apply that to all aspects of life haha, being able to evaluate when I can make adjustments
I read in between doing things. So let's say right now I am watching booktube. Whenever an ad happens I pause the video and read a chapter of my current (Near the Bone by Christina Henry). And when the video finishes I read another chapter. Reading is my rest, so when I am doing uni work, I break up tasks by reading a chapter in between. And that is how I end up reading plenty throughout the day. So technology usually isn't a hindrance, unless I like am scrolling on Pinterest or Instagram.
I am a broken record, so sorry. But I want to recommend the book How to Break Up with Your Phone to anyone interested in more mindful technology use 🌻🌻
I think that if the amount of time you spend on certain apps still bugs you I would recommend putting a time limit on those apps. I also had issues with the amount of time I was spending on certain apps on my phone and putting a time lock on them really helped. You don’t have to put an aggressively short amount of time on them either. It just helps me be more conscious of the time I spend when my phone alerts me that it’s five minutes until I’ve been on an app for an hour or something like that. So I think it helps a lot in cutting back a little more time naturally.
Hello Leonie! I have discovered your channel recently and I love it! This video is very instructive as it puts the stress on the time we spend on our phone instead of doing some useful activities like reading or learning something interesting. By the way, I'm also easily distracted by my own thoughts! See you soon!
i am wanting to do the same thing...i already look less tv...but i am like you...watch a lot of youtube...but i need to start an hour a night reading...then go from there ( i read in bed too already) leuk om te zien dat je nederlandse bent...leuk om je te ontmoeten
i’ve been wanting to do this that’s so funny😂😂 my screen time is at LEAST 5 and often longer...so i tried a couple weeks ago but it was not sustainable-it helped a little though hahaha
Just today I came across your channel and I'm loving it, also Idk where the hell I was this whole time. I'm late but neway, enjoying your book tube programme ♥️
I can't still believe the weather of where you live!!! I'm watching this in June, in the west coast of Turkey, 36 degrees, IM DYING IT'S SO HOTT and you're in a sweater haha
I dont know if you’ve read this book already, but from what you talk about, I think Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport may be more appropriate for you (I haven’t read How to Do Nothing yet, however). He does talk about a full 30-day detox (which, I don’t think would work for everyone, but I’ve done 30-day breaks from certain social media and it’s worked for me) and then reintroducing technology and social media with an intention. He emphasizes doing things more slowly and the idea of how do you fill up the time that you now have and what goals you have for your free time (I read it a few years ago, but this is what I remember and still recommend it to people.)
I changed my phone few months ago and find out that my samsung has the inbuilt screen-time measurement function. I thought it was cool to know my results... Finally I was unpleasantly surprised by the size of a catastrophe. During the zoom-lectures the timer hit the mark 12 hours, literally half a day, and my social networks were a huge Black Hole for my free-time. This changed my outlook on my life and my priorities.
this concept is genius !!!!!
thank you :D love your content btw!
YOU MUST DO IT AS WELL @jack
also what a beautiful crossover 🫂 ly both
I cant believe two of my fav booktubers replying to each other in a video. I love y’all sm
Is she your gf ?
@@jackthemlits hey u do u read an Arabic book before ?
Oh boy, here I go increasing my Screen Time from watching another 30min video.
if I watched youtube on my phone my screen time would be 10 hours a day or something
Just watch the video while cooking, cleaning, etc
@@dianaayt laugh's in 0.25 speed quadruple screen Time
@@dianaayt thats genius 🦄
@@dianaayt that's far too fast for me lol I don't understand half of it at that speed
“i get distracted by my own thoughts” LMAO SAME
it's a struggle!
This is me ALL THE TIME!
Same
Or I just start humming some random songs in my head 😅
My entire persona:
Me with 15h of screen time: *sweats nervously*
Howwww? What do u spend so much time on?
@@maria6451 it just happens like watching RUclips for 4 hours and 4 hours on Netflix and 3 hours on Tiktok there yo have 11 hours
I spent 15 hours a day on ONE THING, that's not including instagram or youtube
Wow....mine is 2 hours (one of those hours is to call my boyfriend everyday). That's honestly really sad
@@maria6451 I have a similar amount, I have 14h and I spend 64h on RUclips a week, mostly because I need music or something to play in the background when I do stuff. I can't sit in silence
The irony of me increasing my screen time by watching you decrease yours.. oh well..
😂😂
mood
Lmfaooo mood
leo: having a screen time of 5h "that's a lot"
me: *cries with 21h*
when do u sleep 😭
@@glitterunicorn1367 idk tbh lmao
yes
What are you blind now
it’s okey. i do too. it will get better i promise :)
Me watching this video: Wow that's a lot of screentime.
Me 5 minutes later checking my own: Nevermind. :D
This week I spent 32 hours and 22 mins on TikTok.😅
@@zuri_vann i spent 47 hours 22 minutes on youtube this week lol
I think the problem is not about using the phone to relax. The problem is you say "just 5 minutes" and then you realize you've spent 2 hours!
me: "i'm just going to watch one YT video then I'm totally gonna go read" and then I just stay on YT for an hour instead......
omg yes
ABSOLUTELY. And the problem is I spend hours on my phone and by the end of it I don’t even know what I was doing on it. Like, I feel like I did nothing. Even when I look at my hours spent and it shows me the apps I use, I sometimes still don’t recall what exactly I was doing that day on the app.
my screen time on my phone is like 7 and a half hours a day, that’s almost a full book right there 🙉
Wait wow that’s a good point. mine is 6 hours... now I’m wondering if I could read a book a day instead 😮
mine is 14 hours a day-
@@iryniz u can read two 😭
@@iryniz sixsixsix
My main trick to using my phone less is trying to use it purposefully: I read articles, talk to my friends, or answer texts from my students, and only check Twitter on my laptop (I also went off a bunch of social media, but that's another topic). It kinda sucks because you have to find tasks to do when you'd usually use your phone and sometimes it's just staring at the ceiling bored out of your mind. However, some other times you get to hang out or chat with your friends or chill with your pets.
It's a lot of back & forth, and I've certainly "relapsed" into like 5 hours of screen time a day more than once (and twice, and thrice...), but every time I cut my screen time I feel much less "no thoughts head empty" and more "brain unclouded, feeling inspired", so it pays off.
Anyways, I hope this journey pays off for you & that you find some tricks that work for you :D
Thank you for sharing this it’s super cool
@@sincerelysofia3521 My pleasure! Glad you liked it :D
I will for sure try this! :) mostly because I always feel like I’m in a fog, and my screen time is usually 6-8 hours a day
Just found out my daily average is 10 hours in a day. Does it cancel out because i read on my phone too? Lmao i might need to do this challenge.
I read on my phone too!
Me too
My daily average is 12 hours a day lol
It does!!! I think if you read like 2-4 hours every day that makes it 6-8 screen time average. (Though 8 hours of screen time without reading is a lot)
mine too omg, when she was like “3h hours wow that’s a lot” i was so embarrassed lol, but at least i read on my phone too, so i guess i’m a bit of the hook.
The thing about my screen time is that I'm unable to do anything without background noises. So my YT time is insane, but a lot of it is when i'm doing chores, driving, taking a shower, etc. So I don't really know how much of my screen time is me sitting around and wasting time.
If anyone is in a similar situation, what I decided to do this week as a challenge is: instead of watching YT videos while doing chores I'll listen to music, podcasts or audiobooks. So I'll have a more accurate screen time.
I could also adress why i'm unable to spend 5 minutes washing the dishes in silence, but let's ignore that, lol
p.s. here's the tradicional "english is not my first language, sorry for any mistakes"
"I could also adress why i'm unable to spend 5 minutes washing the dishes in silence" i have the same issue tbh oops
i’m the exact same way. i try to read in silence but my mind wanders so much, so i always have to listen to music or at the very least white noise. & i’ll sit in silence searching for a video/show to listen to while i do something, but i can’t do the task itself in silence😅
I switched out RUclips in the morning while I'm getting ready to audiobook so it's an extra 30-60 minutes of a book
I’m exactly the same! I normally clean a lot on a Saturday and I put my wireless headphones on and clean while ‘watching’ but mainly listening to RUclips. I think most videos I watch are about the verbal communication rather than the visual aspects so it’s not too bad. I put every single video I want to watch on my ‘watch later’ playlist and then don’t even have to stop between videos because I know the next one will be good.
Same for me, I have about 8h of RUclips time every day. It just helps a lot with my anxiety. Podcasts also work sometimes
Oh my god 5 hours in a whole day! Me with 5 already and it's 7PM. As a reference I woke up at 2PM.
I dont have such problem with my phone Nokia 500. It has touch screen and internet, but the screen is so small that you cant read anything on it without eye strain. P.S. Why does she hold a pen not like chimpanzee (17:40)? I thought she is from US, where people hold pens in a weird way.
@@jus_sanguinis She’s from the Netherlands
@@delarameshaghi6459 Didnt know that. She has no accent (at least I dont hear it), even Japanese name she pronounces like native English speaker ("sh" instead of "s").
@@jus_sanguinis I know what you mean, sometimes I think she might even sound Australian
@@delarameshaghi6459 Australian? But Australin accent sounds almost like British.
Been doing this for weeks. Really effective. Less screen, more pages. 💖
that's fantastic!
What you observed regarding just taking more time to complete tasks when you weren’t using your laptop probably can be related to Parkinson‘s law. He basically says that you will complete a task in a time frame you set for it, so if you usually think about watching RUclips after washing the dishes you automatically allotted less time to that task, thereby finishing it quicker than when you know you won‘t be going on your laptop/phone today anyway through which you appoint a longer timeframe to that task subconsciously and thereby the task stretches out to take up that longer timeframe :D
Before having a smartphone I used to concentrate a lot more and read way more. Now I've kind of lost that ability... I think it's a matter of training and focusing more on what you're doing at every moment rather than having your phone as a distraction all the time. I loved the video, I'm gonna try this on summer holidays.
This is such a good idea. When I was in training for the military I didn’t get to have my phone (I didn’t have free time really anyways) but I was totally fine without it but somehow now my screen time is 8-14 hours.
I know I really need to try this when your initial screentime seems very ok to me😅
Getting distracted by your own thoughts is a wonderful thing. This is how we as humans innovate.
This is such a good idea. Defo gonna give this a try.
What is defo?
same!
@@gabriellymayumi3366 defo = definitely
@@bunnymoon9130 thank you so much
I did this the other day but every time I reached to scroll my phone or do nonwork stuff on the computer, I read instead. Completed a 400 page book in less than 24 hours (and honestly still scrolled a little bit)
Wow that's actually so impressive!
i think reading can be tiresome when you’re tired is because it’s far from a mindless activity like scrolling through sm apps.
your point about having a balanced life is so good. reading as well as socially interacting and taking a walk and just enjoying yourself is so good
This is such a good idea, I wish I was brave enough to give it a try! I do a lot of school work through my phone so it would be difficult to get rid of it.
I love this experiment and it's definitely something I'd consider doing as I know my own screen time has been a bit high lately. Though I find it fascinating that you had a hard time following the audiobook vs. tiktok or RUclips while getting ready for bed - I'm the complete opposite, I can be absorbed in the audiobook because I don't need my eyes, whereas with TikTok or RUclips I feel I will stop getting ready to watch the video because my eyes naturally draw to the screen. It's so interesting how everyone's experiences are a little different!
Lots of your comments resonate with me. Like, I totally get that reading is not as leisurely as you'd like it to be! I find it really hard to read in the late evening or before bed like many articles suggest because my brain is just too tired at that point. I had the same dilemma like you mentioned- I refused to spend my before-bed time on my phone, but then I didn't want to read either, so I ended up doing.. nothing. I actually began knitting earlier this year for this exact reason. I needed a hobby that I could turn to when I was too tired to enjoy my other hobby (=reading).
And I'm not sure if you've finished How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell by this point, but I really recommend reading it rather than listening. Unlike the deceptively laid-back title and chill cover, that book is filled with so much information! It's just the kind of book that one is supposed to really take time, sit and read. I was always furiously highlighting sentences and paragraphs when I was reading it.
Oh and yeah, deleting Twitter app on the phone and then using Twitter with mobile web browser is also an on-and-off thing that I do. But deleting the app does help me cut the mindless timeline scrolling and instead go onto Twitter only when I have this really strong desire to rant, so I still think it's worth it :D
I should pick up knitting before bed again. Adult coloring books work too. I used to read in the mornings before getting up, but was often either too hungry or fell back asleep. 😅
i'm 🤏 close to putting my phone in a drawer and reading a book for the entire day
When you are watching a youtube video about cutting down screen time, and you really should be writing your exam paper instead... feeling a little bit called out right now LOL
I feel like watching this video creates some kind of paradox😂😂
No way, I checked my screen time and last Saturday I spent 7 hours on tiktok, this is b a d :,D time to pick up my book
tiktok is vortex you get sucked into sooo easily
Same!
I had to delete it off my phone because I just couldn’t not spend my entire day just scrolling through it, I’m on my 15th book for the month of June and I’d rather be reading then wasting away on Tik tok 😂
i’m so glad i got rid of tiktok my screen time is so much lower now
Love your emphasis on not all screen-related activities being bad
Eurovision is one of my favourite times of the year too! I love it more than Christmas!
my screentime is like 11-13 hours per day.......
Same....
Mine is literally 15 hours
@@angelaocampo5670 oof i hit that like last week ….
@@angelaocampo5670 same 🤡
mine’s been 14 hours before😭😭
also love the sword earrings!
thank you! i just got them now and im obsessed!
I only don’t have any social media other than RUclips, but I still can easily spend 4 hours a day on this platform (in the BookTube variety especially lately)
9:10 this is so relatable
22:40 The Good Place!!! Yay
I should find out a way to check my youtube screen time, i'm sure it would be close to 4 hours as well
I ended up putting app timers on my phone. Once I'm over my 45 minutes, the apps lock me out until the following day. It's helped so much with increasing reading time. Great video!
clowns deleting twitter app and opening browsers to login to twitter website instead.
I am clowns.
it's truly embarrassing
I do the same with Twitter and Instagram 😑
I really enjoyed this video, thanks for sharing your week with us! I’m going to try this for myself; I especially liked the idea of not only reading more but taking more time with my daily tasks. I may or may not also have deleted my Twitter app only to keep it constantly open in a browser tab instead….
And in those weird times where reading is too intense of an activity for me, I’ve started just chilling listening to music! I like that I can use different playlists to cultivate different moods for myself at different times of day.
this is literally what ive been doing! i always felt so miserable scrolling on my phone during quarantine--now i've been reading! i've read 24 books so far in 2021 which may not seem like that much but im pretty sure last year i read like 5 books haha
I’ve been trying to do this for the past month and I went from an avg 8-10 hours to 4-5 hours most days, u get more reading done and you’re helping your phone’s battery life lol
I’m not sure if I’m the only one hearing this, but it seems like you have an accent and I love it! I’m new to the channel so I may be wrong, but it sounds super cool regardless.
she is dutch :) i love her accent too!
It's been years I have been watching your videos/vlogs!!! And I am so excited for you to hit 100K!!! You put so much into your videos; and that makes me so happy to see your growth
thank you so much, that means a lot
The not watching something while eating is so on point, I feel like as a society we've become so used to constant fast paced stimulation like tv phones and laptops that it feels restless to be alone with your thoughts even when youre just taking like 10-15 mins eating.
omg please make it a series
this was a great reminder to cut down my screentime
I got rid of Instagram and Facebook after years of constant daily use and now I’ve been reading an average of one book per week, which is pretty good for me! Im glad to have my time and attention back!
“That’s a lot that’s a lot.....” hahahaha I laughed so louuuud coz that was me a few months ago. From there on I tried to reduce as much as I could and so I deleted my social media from phone (I still access it from my computer once in a while) and wow I have read so many books since then!!! Loved this challenge, Leo!
Haha her saying an hour is a lot when my phone tells me that on average I’m on my phone for 9 + hours 😂🙈
My 'screen time' setting wasn't even on. 🙃 I just went to check mine seeing all the comments about it and it wasn't even set up, but I know it's longer than it probably should be.
I do like 10h average on my phone, 3h are RUclips (I usually don't do it on my laptop), 3h are WhatsApp because I'm on finals and my class group is on fire and I also I talk to my friends about finals and everything. But also I use my phone to calm anxiety about finals and to procrastinate, so when I'm not stressed out I can lower it down to 5/6h. I have discovered that less than 3h is nearly impossible to me, but I'm fine with 3h. I usually had the same idea than you and come to the same conclusion, is not about limit phone, is about making the choice to read instead of Twitter in your free time. But to me the only moment I'm on my phone guilt free because I'm not procrastinating is at bedtime (you could say I'm procrastinating sleep, which is true but is another whole story), when I'm exhausted to read and end going the easy way with my phone. When I'm not under extreme stress, I read more and spend less on my phone. On finals is the other way around...
Getting my Kobo was the best thing I ever made! I love to read there because I can adjust font size either I am reading with or without glasses. I can also read through the night while my husband sleeps peacefully. I take it with me everywhere. Work,doctor appointments, leisure walks... It's always on my bag. And I spend way less time on social media.
A wonderful idea! Gonna do this challenge starting to tonight. I have so many books to catch up. Lolz!
I need to cut down on my screen time but that cutting down must not come at the expense of watching Leonie's youtube videos
i just love your entire aesthetic?? and your videos ARE SO BRILLIANT I LOVE THIS
I was thinking I heard a lovely soft Dutch accent and then I saw you go outside at 10:42 ! 💗 I love this idea! Bedankt x
I feel like listening to short story anthologies to wind down are more chill for me than actual novels!
colouring in is soo relaxing!! recommend 100%
I just love your vlogs, you can do weekly vlogs too. That would be amazing to watch.
*nervoulsy checks my screentime*
Your thumbnail is so pretty with that lighting! 😍
I literally do grocery shopping with yt in my headphones going on, or cleaning, cooking, everything... I can't suffer the silence, yo
The chrome thing, I am also guilty of that but with instagram. I delete it when it’s exam season and then I jump in it through google... MAD frustrating
Ooh! A challenge video. I'm gonna try this out for myself this week.
Yeah, I feel like this video was made for me... You’ve just inspired me to do the same!
This is a pretty cool video! I'm gonna try and do this some time. I feel like all I do in a day is work, eat, play games and use my phone for various things (online shopping, chatting with my bf, browsing Facebook, watching stuff on YT). I miss reading books honestly, I still haven't read the Mistborn trilogy and am planning to read it very soon (as well as Lord of The Rings!). Thank you for this video and I hope you're doing well~
the little dance at the end was greatly appreaciated
I appreciated this video and exercise so much. I have done this more informally myself and find the same. Reading is not exactly leisure. Interestingly tho, I believe it FEELS this way because we have become used to mindlessly listening to tiktok or RUclips’s and so our minds are not as “in-shape” to concentrate. Concentration is a muscle that must be exercised along with our bodies. That being said great video thanks!!
This was great! well done!
I try to go phone free on Sundays, I've been doing it for a year and have really been loving it. x
Storytel is such an underrated audiobook app! It's quite the replacement for audible and more pocket friendly for us here in India. Also love your off beat humour, Leonie and these vlogs are the perfect way to fill up my day when I'm working. 💖
it's also very popular in turkey ! i use it all the time and it's helpfull
I use BookBeat and it's pretty much the same concept! :)
I love the lamp in the intro in this video. I think I might need to find one for myself.
This is exactly what I found when I did something similar! It’s so much more effort to read than we think!
If I did that, it would be like 16 hours of reading 🥴 no, I'm not mentally ok
this idea for the video is so cool! really! also i enjoyed watching on your background, very cozy atmosphere, thank you for your endeavors
i deleted twitter about a year ago and it’s amazing. I also set it so i can’t go on instagram or tik tok for more than an hour a day (and on weekends two hours) and it has helped me so much.
My chrome time is always so high because of my nightly fanfic reading activity 🤣
SAME
can you do some more challenge videos? this is one of my fave videos of yours? also have you *done* any different challenge videos? if so what are they!
I'm watching this with the book I'm currently reading sitting next to me-
Everytime when i'm watching your videos, you're talking about books which i've never even heard about. I really need to read more new/popular books
me watching this while scrolling through my phone: omg yeah such a good idea
on a real note i definitely wanna try this
Today I have had time to read about 50 pages, finish an assignment, have a cup of cocoa and listened to an audio book for an hour, went grocery shopping and had a trip to the mall. I put a timer on youtube and instagram and have not been on my phone. Soon off to clean, read, make spagetti, watch some tv later on. Hopefully I can keep my screen time down. Had 5-7 hours on my phone each day, so I really need to work on getting less screen time.
Here I am instead of reading my next novel I watching RUclips well Leonie has just dropped a video and ain't no one going to stop me ❤️
I normally watch something while doing other things so I don't consider some things as time wasting. Like I'll watch RUclips when I'm getting ready in the morning and before bed (especially in Korean because I'm learning and it helps me remember), or while I'm eating. So I only look at social media when I think about screen time; notes/Bookly/Spotify/Google are productive things for me. I'm also trying to not be so hard on myself. If I had a really bad day (like to the point of crying), I'll let myself have a little more screentime. Wish I could apply that to all aspects of life haha, being able to evaluate when I can make adjustments
I read in between doing things. So let's say right now I am watching booktube. Whenever an ad happens I pause the video and read a chapter of my current (Near the Bone by Christina Henry). And when the video finishes I read another chapter. Reading is my rest, so when I am doing uni work, I break up tasks by reading a chapter in between. And that is how I end up reading plenty throughout the day. So technology usually isn't a hindrance, unless I like am scrolling on Pinterest or Instagram.
I am a broken record, so sorry. But I want to recommend the book How to Break Up with Your Phone to anyone interested in more mindful technology use 🌻🌻
I think that if the amount of time you spend on certain apps still bugs you I would recommend putting a time limit on those apps. I also had issues with the amount of time I was spending on certain apps on my phone and putting a time lock on them really helped. You don’t have to put an aggressively short amount of time on them either. It just helps me be more conscious of the time I spend when my phone alerts me that it’s five minutes until I’ve been on an app for an hour or something like that. So I think it helps a lot in cutting back a little more time naturally.
Hello Leonie! I have discovered your channel recently and I love it! This video is very instructive as it puts the stress on the time we spend on our phone instead of doing some useful activities like reading or learning something interesting. By the way, I'm also easily distracted by my own thoughts! See you soon!
as a fellow dutch person i could tell by the few seconds she was speaking, that she was dutch, and i love that
i am wanting to do the same thing...i already look less tv...but i am like you...watch a lot of youtube...but i need to start an hour a night reading...then go from there ( i read in bed too already)
leuk om te zien dat je nederlandse bent...leuk om je te ontmoeten
This is such a great idea. I checked my screen time from today and I can definitely cut it down.
i’ve been wanting to do this that’s so funny😂😂 my screen time is at LEAST 5 and often longer...so i tried a couple weeks ago but it was not sustainable-it helped a little though hahaha
Oh my gosh, this is great! I'm just imagining the amount of reading I would get done if I put my phone away. Maybe I'll try this. 🤔
Yo i love this concept! My screentime is a big yikes but i wanna do this too 😅
This was such a cool idea, I don't think I could ever cut down my screen time like that 😂 also, the good place is such a good show! I miss it 🥺
this is actually smart. i'm going to try this soon!
I’m a big fan of How To Do Nothing. I was one of my top reads from, I think, 2019.
Just today I came across your channel and I'm loving it, also Idk where the hell I was this whole time. I'm late but neway, enjoying your book tube programme ♥️
you had the courage to look at your screen time and just for that, bravo
also cool idea!!
I can't still believe the weather of where you live!!!
I'm watching this in June, in the west coast of Turkey, 36 degrees, IM DYING IT'S SO HOTT and you're in a sweater haha
I dont know if you’ve read this book already, but from what you talk about, I think Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport may be more appropriate for you (I haven’t read How to Do Nothing yet, however). He does talk about a full 30-day detox (which, I don’t think would work for everyone, but I’ve done 30-day breaks from certain social media and it’s worked for me) and then reintroducing technology and social media with an intention. He emphasizes doing things more slowly and the idea of how do you fill up the time that you now have and what goals you have for your free time (I read it a few years ago, but this is what I remember and still recommend it to people.)
I changed my phone few months ago and find out that my samsung has the inbuilt screen-time measurement function. I thought it was cool to know my results... Finally I was unpleasantly surprised by the size of a catastrophe. During the zoom-lectures the timer hit the mark 12 hours, literally half a day, and my social networks were a huge Black Hole for my free-time. This changed my outlook on my life and my priorities.
I love this so much. Really want to try this myself
“We have some big ones.... 5 hours” [stares at my 16 hour screen time]