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Kicking the social media habit with “one sec”

Twitter. Oh how I could stroll that infinite corridor of information. Ever since having kids my personal time has been squeezed into a tiny ball. Still, I’d finish putting the kids to bed, open my phone, and where would I end up? On Twitter for 45 minutes. An hour. Hour 30. I’d sit there feeding …