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"  It&amp;#039;s no secret that cell phones are our lifelines: We do...pretty much everything on them.  But a new Baylor University study shows that over-using our phones is actually a sign of materialism and impulsiveness that&amp;#039;s similar to vices like compulsive buying and credit card misuse.  The study looked at 191 business students at two U.S. universities and found that they send around 109.5 text messages a day\u2014a whopping 3,200 texts each month. Um...whoa. Students also check their phones around 60 times on a typical day. As for what would happen if students lost their devices, well, it would be &amp;quot;disastrous&amp;quot; to their social lives, the study&amp;#039;s researchers found. In fact, researchers go as far to say that our phones have become &amp;quot;status symbols&amp;quot; that can &amp;quot;erode our personal relationships.&amp;quot; The solution? Make sure you&amp;#039;re not compulsively checking your phone every three seconds, and maybe even leave it in your purse for a couple hours at time to take a break from all of that digital noise.  Want more from Natasha? Follow her on Twitter @NatashaBurton. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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