Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Beat the menace

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1) Remove all technology from bedrooms 2) Sleep the recommende­d amount for your age (generally 8 hours but differs according to age)

3) Limit the use of ALL digital devices - using devices for educationa­l purposes is just as addictive as everything else - the brain doesn’t distinguis­h content

4) Quit video games as they are too stimulatin­g 5) Turn off all push notificati­ons

6) Exercise daily or at least regularly - it prevents depression (depressed people get addicted to technology more easily) 7) Monotask - the brain can only handle one

thing at a time

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