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by munificent 1584 days ago
It's possible that you are underestimating how much time you spend on the Internet and how often it punctuates your day.

I also don't like to think of myself as Internet addicted and like to believe I'm pretty self disciplined about my usage.

Even so, doing a 24-hour no media with my family led to an experience very similar to what the author describes here. I had no idea how often I was throwing away little five minute slices of my life to staring at my phone.