Now let’s look at the phone’s effect on sleep, one of the most powerful foundations of good health at any age. If you’re on your phone late at night, you’re doing two things that interfere with rest: exposing your brain to bright, stimulating light, and keeping your mind actively engaged when it should be slowing down. Poor sleep won’t just leave you tired; it worsens memory, mood, balance and even pain perception.
So try to avoid using your phone an hour before you go to bed, and don’t pick it up if you wake up in the night or early in the morning. Ideally you wouldn’t keep your cellphone by your bed, though I know that can be hard, especially considering how many people are giving up their landlines. At least…