"We can't go a single day without our smartphones in our hands," says the CEO of a direct mail company.
"Facebook didn't exist, phones absolutely didn't fit in our pockets, and people still wrote checks in the grocery store."
It's no surprise, then, that too much screen time has been linked to a host of physical and mental health problems, including insomnia, visual problems, decreased bone density, and high blood pressure.
And yet some businesses are banning cell phones at work.
"This can lead to disgruntled employees who feel more like toddlers at daycare than entrusted adults," writes Ryan Gierzynski at Entrepreneur.
"There is a better way to balance a modern workplace to maintain meaningful connections and accomplish our goals for success."
Gierzynski suggests replacing work-from-home meetings with in-person ones, hosting one large company-wide meeting once a week in person, and holding fun team-building events like mini golf.
"The deliberate act of interacting with a physical object forces us to slow down, the moment, and be fully present in the experience," he writes.
"It probably doesn't surprise you that someone like melike mewould still enjoy checking the mailbox every day and fingering through the letters
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