Okay guys … I admit it. I’m on my phone way too much on Monday I was on it for almost 12hrs. And today so far has been 8 hours… So how do I spend less time on my phone as a teenager with parents who do not allow her to spend time with friends.
So yeah 
thankss
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You could try designing more patterns! Don’t copy it directly into ribbuild, write it in a notebook first. Or you could color/draw or maybe go on a run!
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I do write it in a notebook first
and I always go on walks idk what my problem is. Today I spent 3hr on yt 3hr on Ribblr and 1hr on Instagram
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girl i have literally no advice i wanted to cry yesterday looking thru my screentime its was like 10 hrs last week for one day and i had no business being on for that long and yesterday i was on ribblr for 6 hrs watching yt thru the links sum ppl send cuz im not allowed to have yt on my phone
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Better than mine
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SEVEN HOURS TRIN ON RIBBLR ALONE (cs)
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Read books!
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As a teen with less access to the internet, some of the things I did was teach myself to play guitar (if you have any instruments laying around), scrapbooking, journaling, reading, upcycling old clothes and hand sewing them into somethng else, make jewelry, taught myself baking, going for bike rides with music, whittled branches to make spoons and stuff, looked for cool rocks outside, made flower crowns, made my own air dry clay, painting. These are all pretty craft centric, but I hope it might be helpful to at least jog your brain for ideas. 
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[edit: OOPS I MADE THIS REALLY LONG
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I struggle with this too for similar reasons
Plus not being able to walk like 3 days a week really doesn’t help
In the last couple weeks I’ve gone from 3-5 hours a day (includes phone and iPad running in the bg) to 11-22
Now not all of those hours were me actually looking at the screen because I fall asleep watching things/ leave my iPad on pretty much all day (the amount I spent looking at the screens was probably 5-10 which isn’t great but better)
I think my hours have gone up because I haven’t been sleeping at all I’m up about 20-23 hours a day so I spend a lot of it on screens to pass the time
I’m aiming to get mine back down to around 4 hours a day so let’s hope I can do that!
Here’s some things I learned getting my screentime down the last time:
Going outside more (if you can) helps
I gave myself a set amount of goals I had to reach before I could use my phone for a period of time (except for answering important texts)
Listening to music or podcasts anytime you want to go on a screen
Starting new hobbies or getting out old ones
There’s way more but I’m so tired I can’t think
Hope you can find some things that work for you!
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GUYS I HAVE AN UPDATE
Ive brought it up on myself to set a goal. My goal is to be on my phone less than 5 hours tmrw Ik it’s a small goal but it’ll help! I’m gonna try the following instead~
Watching TV
Going for walks
Reading (I have a book I haven’t gotten to read yet so that’s perfect!)
Editing a pattern I’m working on
And if all else fails take a nap
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Great job Trin! I believe in you!
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So far I’ve been on my phone 20mins and I’ve been awake for 5 hrs
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Another iPad kid here rn 
my mother changed the password of my iPad EVEN THOUGH ITS MINE bc she was worried for me. Now I get why - I love you momma 
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that’s same for me but its on my laptop, and i need it for school
if anyone has any tips to recude screentime on laptop (cuz u cant delete websites) PLS TELL ME!
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Trin, we’re in the same boat
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Ask your parent/guardian or someone else to help you decrease your time and put a limit on your screen time e.g 2-3 hours a day or 1-2 hours a day. If you want to do it on your own you can just set yourself a limit like 1 hour or smt or you can just enjoy the beauties of nature and touch grass 
and lock away your device 
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I’ve been awake for 8 hours but im only at 2 hours of screentime from watching a crochet tutorial woo
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