I have a category of irritation that I call “electronic nagging”. Every day my phone indicates how much time I have spent on my phone on the previous day. I no longer take a print newspaper, as so much of my news coverage comes from various news sources on my phone. I am shocked every day at my amount of screen time. I know that my screen time is far lower than the average teenager, but it still seems high to me. I know that I have better coverage than a single newspaper could provide, but I am noticing how much this has become a part of my regular life. It was not that I made a conscious decision to spend more time on my phone. The amount of usage has just crept up on me. I know parents are concerned about how much screen time their teens consume. Many parents have strict rules about the amount of time spent with even a schedule for outside time or meal time with no phone. So how much screen time is appropriate for an old guy like me? It certainly is not the central issue of life, but it concerns me that this happened without me making a conscious decision. It makes me wonder…what other things in my life have crept up on me without me actually deciding about them? How about you?