Your phone sent you a bill.
Thirty seconds. One number. You'll wish it took longer.
Put in your daily screen time and the receipt prints what it cost you. Not in money. In days of your life.
hrs
mins
Where do I find my number?
iPhone: Settings → Screen Time → See All App & Website Activity. Use the daily average.
Android: Settings → Digital Wellbeing & parental controls. The number in the middle of the circle is today; tap it for the week.
Be honest. The phone already knows.
years
Adds one more line to the receipt: what you'll have spent by 80 if nothing changes.
THE DIGITAL CASINO
Open 24 hours · No jackpot · No refunds
Daily average4h 30m
× 365 days1,643 hrs
Share of your waking hours
Full days, every year
68
24-hour days. Gone.
ROBBED
Next 10 years685 days
By the age of 80—
What one year of it could have been
A new language (750 hrs)2.2
An instrument, properly (1,000 hrs)1.6
A novel, written (400 hrs)4.1
The Camino, 800 km (200 hrs)8.2
You could do all four in one year and still have time left over.
Paid withYour attention
Change due0.00
You're not lazy. You're being robbed.
— Spencer, the Zen Barbarian