{"id":3668,"date":"2026-09-25T10:55:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T14:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/?p=3668"},"modified":"2026-09-27T12:11:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T16:11:57","slug":"cooper-white-project-2-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/cooper-white-project-2-prep\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper White Project 2 Prep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Main Ideas:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Less screen time overall &#8211;\u00a0 Less screen time will equate to an overall better mood and feeling more connected to the people around me.<\/p>\n<p>No screens an hour before &amp; after bed &#8211; Having no screens when I wake up and go to sleep will make me have better sleep, and feel better rested.<\/p>\n<p>Limited notifications &#8211; Having minimal notifications will make me check my phone less, leading to fewer moments of unintentional screen time.<\/p>\n<p>Limit app access &#8211; Setting time limits or fully disallowing distracting apps will help me stay focused throughout my day.<\/p>\n<p>Use analog replacements &#8211; Take quick notes in a notepad instead of an app, check the time on a watch rather than on a phone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Less screen time overall &#8211; I found that I was able to focus more on tasks I had to do, as well as being creative as opposed to scrolling on my phone. I practiced my instruments a lot more than I usually would and was able to be more engaged with my friends.<\/p>\n<p>No screens an hour before &amp; after bed &#8211; Not listening to a video\/podcast as I fell asleep made it easier to fall asleep. I wasn&#8217;t trying to actively listen and engage with something, and I could let myself relax. Not having screens available an hour after I woke up was helpful as well. I was able to get my morning started quickly so I could move on with my day.<\/p>\n<p>Limited notifications &#8211; Not having as many notifications on my phone made me less likely to pick it up and then get distracted with other things.<\/p>\n<p>Limit app access &#8211; I have an app that blocks distracting apps (Youtube, Instagram etc. ), and I was able to use it to stop myself from going on those apps even if I was tempted to. This helped quite a bit in the mornings and at night when my instinct was to immediately use my phone.<\/p>\n<p>Use analog replacements &#8211; I&#8217;ve been using my analog watch &amp; notepad for a while now, but they both help me from picking up my phone to do something simple like check the time, then get distracted on it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll continue to practice these better habits throughout my week so I can get an even deeper insight on how they help.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10852174\/\">https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10852174\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.stanford.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/smartphone-bans-schools-impact-research-students-brazil\">https:\/\/news.stanford.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/smartphone-bans-schools-impact-research-students-brazil<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.yo utube.com\/watch?v=SudWj3g5ZYk<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;width: 100%;height: 0;padding-top: 225.0000%;padding-bottom: 0;margin-top: 1.6em;margin-bottom: 0.9em;overflow: hidden;border-radius: 8px\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAHWNjFZirc\/52wSMNFrNN8yUc7auw3twA\/view?embed\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAHWNjFZirc\/52wSMNFrNN8yUc7auw3twA\/view?utm_content=DAHWNjFZirc&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=embeds&amp;utm_source=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Improve your Mood without Screens<\/a> by Cooper White<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main Ideas: Less screen time overall &#8211;\u00a0 Less screen time will equate to an overall better mood and feeling more connected to the people around me. No screens an hour before &amp; after bed &#8211; Having no screens when I wake up and go to sleep will make me have better sleep, and feel better [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-project-2-prep"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3668"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3687,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3668\/revisions\/3687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}