The Attention Audit
How much of your life will you give a screen?
Two questions. The math is not a metaphor. Move the sliders.
Hours on your phone, per day4.8 hrs
Your age28
At this rate, you will spend
15.6
waking years staring at a screen
That’s the rest of your twenties and more. Gone. Lit by a rectangle.
Your remaining waking life30%
On a screen Everything else you'll ever do
12,156
books you could have read instead
110
full waking days, every single year
291,732
kilometres of feed scrolled, lifetime
11,396
nights of sleep, in screen-hours
This is the math we write about
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Assumes life to age 80 and ~16 waking hours a day. Screen-time baselines from public research (dscout, data.ai, Asurion). An illustration of where the hours go — not actuarial or medical advice.