The odds are you’re reading this on your phone. You may have come here via social media, the CNN app, an email or a good old-fashioned browser. The chances are you did not open your smartphone with the intention to load this story, but here you are.

A necessity, a habit or an addiction, call it what you like: we’re all on our phones. The research and data around smartphone addiction and its negative impact on sleep , mental performance and mental health is alarming. Studies have found even when we’re not using them, if we’re in the same room as our smartphone it’s affecting our brains . Yet in less than a generation, they have become an indispensable part of our lives.

Nevertheless, plenty of people are finding ways to disconnect. Some want a digital detox to boost performance

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