Let that sink in…the average user of a smartphone will check their phones every four minutes throughout the course of their entire life. What a sobering and heart-breaking reality .In the article, “3 Reasons Why We’re Addicted to Digital Distraction”, author Tony Reinke provides an in-depth look at why most of us are digital addicts, drawn with intense impulses to prioritize our phone. Our top three takeaways from this groundbreaking article are below:
Escaping Work
How many of you hit a stressful point in your day and choose to scroll Instagram, watch a YouTube video, or enjoy some Tik Tok rather than do the task at hand? You’re not alone. The author of this article highlights the intense reality of our compulsion to escape work at all costs. He shares how smartphones provide a convenient and effortless way to procrastinate and avoid tasks we find unpleasant or challenging.
Avoiding People
In our digital world, it’s never been easier to avoid people we love and to avoid people we don’t tend to like as much. In the Article, “Why We’re Addicted to Digital Distraction” we learn that we tend to use our phones to withdraw from social interactions, preferring the virtual world to real-life connections.
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Attempting to Suppress Thoughts of Eternity
The final point of this article agitates the soul in the best way possible. The author reminds us that the constant stream of distractions offered to us by our smartphones allows us to avoid confronting our mortality and the existential questions that arise within the human heart. We choose to numb ourselves with “new and powerful antidepressants of a non-pharmaceutical variety” though the reality of sickness, death, and the brevity of life remains.
We want to invite all of you reading this article to know that Jesus loves you, cares for you, and died on a cross for you so that you could have eternal life in Him!
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All in all, this wonderful article shines a light on our proclivity to digital distraction and offers us a way out – by fixing our eyes on Jesus and realizing how precious our short few years on the earth really are. The call for reflection serves as a reminder of the importance of limiting our smartphone use so we can make time for what truly matters. By recognizing the negative consequences of excessive phone usage, we can take steps to regain control of our lives and prioritize meaningful connections and experiences.
