My daily technology habits are not the healthiest. I typically spend 6-7 hours on my phone a day in the winter as there is not much to do, during the summer I am a lot better with my screen time. I find that I spend the majority of my time outside during the summer either tanning, swimming or just visiting and listening to the bird’s enjoying nature. The only time I use my phone is for music. In the summer I never watch TV as I am always having bonfires with my family in the backyard. My Mom and I really decorate our backyard with plants, lights and water features. My Mom and I have our summers off of work as we both work in the school division. Our backyard is like an extra room to our house, and we spend the most of our time outside.

On a daily basis I use Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok. I do not use Facebook very often. I use my email a lot due to work. That is the way we all communicate with each other and send out communications to our families. I use Edsby, and MySchoolSask as well for contacts for our students to contact their families. I use google docs, UrCourses and degree audit for my schoolwork. I find a good balance by putting my phone on “do not disturb”, so I do not get any notifications so I can focus on my work without disruptions.

My daily screen time is quite surprising to me as it is 6-7 hours a day. I do watch Netflix; YouTube and I listen to music often on my phone while I do schoolwork. I typically put 1-2 hours a day into homework as I am a full-time student. The 6-7 hours are not just on social media, it is also on entertainment platforms for background noise to concentrate on the subject I am working on.