How All That Screen Time Actually Affects Your Eyes

The 20–20–20 rule can help

Ashley Mateo
Elemental
Published in
5 min readNov 5, 2020

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The second I woke up this morning, I picked up my phone and checked my email before catching up on Instagram and Twitter. I spent the next eight or so hours switching between browser tabs for Gmail, Zoom, and Google Docs to work. Any time I took a break, I was back scrolling through social media or reading a few chapters of an…

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Ashley Mateo
Elemental

Ashley Mateo has over a decade’s worth of experience covering fitness and health for publications including the WSJ, Men’s Journal, SELF, and more. @ashleymateo