Story map
Follow the question, method, turning points and impact behind this person's work.
The question or challenge
How can a person keep what is useful about a phone without letting it decide where all their attention goes?
Their work and method
Price combined science journalism with practical exercises that ask people to notice triggers, change their phone environment and make room for valued offline activities.
Turning points
Responses to How to Break Up With Your Phone led her to create Screen/Life Balance as a wider set of resources and programmes.
Key moments
Experiments, pivots, and surprises. Look for what changed their thinking.
- 1Audit
What happened: Users examine when and why they reach for a device.
Lesson: You need a clear picture of a habit before changing it.
- 2Experiment
What happened: Users change one setting, cue or routine and observe the result.
Lesson: Small environmental changes can make a preferred action easier.
Impact
Work can create value and still involve limits or trade-offs. Look at both sides of the impact.
Positive
- +Her books and resources have given families and individuals practical ways to discuss screen habits.
Trade-offs
- ±Digital wellbeing advice should not treat every use of a screen as the same or shame the user.
- ±Screen needs differ across school, work, access and family situations. A boundary that helps one person may not fit another.
What to remember
If you had to explain this story to a friend, what would you want them to remember?
- Observe phone use before judging it.
- Decide what job you want the device to do.
- Build a boundary around a real situation and revise it after testing.
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Sources & further reading
- Catherine Price, official press kit - https://catherineprice.com/presskit
- Catherine Price, Screen/Life Balance Hub - https://catherineprice.com/slb-speaking
- Catherine Price, family technology resources - https://catherineprice.com/resources