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Today I would like to share some pragmatic ways to replenish yourself after time on your computer, tablet and smartphone. Screen time is almost a universal experience these days, for better and worse. My tips and tricks for managing screen time in online work and education come out of my own long journey optimizing a working relationship between my creative efforts and the technologies that allow me to ship them out into the world. </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.brighterdaysdarkernights.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>Brighter Days, Darker Nights</strong> is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h2>My experiences with screen time</h2><p>I began using computers in elementary school, and across the span of my education. Computers shifted from being a class or skill to learn, to being a supplement to the education, to being the medium &#8230;</p>
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