The Noticing Project

What Other Students Are Experiencing

You're not alone. These are real, anonymous reflections from students who completed the Screen Time Intervention. Browse by question to see what others discovered — and what they decided to do about it.

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What surprised you most?

I think what surprised me the most was how much I pick up the phone because sometime I feel like I just check it for emails or anything like that but I never realized how much I actually do it.

I had a lot more pickups then I had expected and a lot more screen time then I expected but I only expected 1 hour on productivity apps but I actually had 9.

The amount of pickup times I had was astonishing. Snapchat being my most used also came as a shock to me.

What surprised me the most was the amount of screen time over the course of the week. It made me think about all the other things I could've done instead of those 60 + hours on the phone.

What surprised me the most was the amount of screen time over the course of the week. It made me think about all the other things I could've done instead of those 60 + hours on the phone.

I was surprised by the amount of pickups.

I knew I used it too much but not that much. More than a full-time job of screentime

How many times I picked up my phone last week and just how much time I spent on it overall

I think I forget how much I text people. In my head I'm not "actively" on the messages app, meaning I usually text someone quickly and I don't think of myself spending extended periods of time on the…

The pickups surprised and honestly scared me the most. I became more aware after seeing this data about the number of times I pick up my phone without a purpose, just to put it down again.

Definitely the number of times I picked up my phone in a day on average. I did not think it was that much a day at 200 times. Also, the day I spent the most time on my phone was Tuesday which is very…

Definitely the number of times I picked up my phone in a day on average. I did not think it was that much a day at 200 times. Also, the day I spent the most time on my phone was Tuesday which is very…

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