Cutting screen time is popular advice, but research points to content mattering more than duration. An hour spent on a video call and an hour spent scrolling comparison-heavy content don't leave the same mark.
Passive, comparison-driven scrolling, especially on social media, tends to pull mood down. Active use, learning something, messaging someone, making something, does far less damage.
So the goal isn't quitting screens entirely, it's choosing what fills that time more deliberately. That small awareness does more than the duration itself.