Hi, long time lurker, first time poster here.  This is a topic that causes me anxiety sometimes: screen-time.I've been in the industry for 3-4 years now, and from my experience at least, the screen-time of a programmer/developer/engineer in industry is way more than what I was used to while studying computer science.It's 8 hours a day on weekdays, mostly just coding and reading. Then when I get home, there's loads of life-admin stuff I do on the computer: buying, planning, accounting, tracking things, etc.  With my locality's COVID lockdown, friends now want to video call after work, and I feel myself drawn into screen-based hobbies, since they're so passive and easy (NetFlix, YouTube).  These are very tempting ways to kill time after a day's work.I've considered the possibility that my screen time isn't as big an issue as I think, and that I'm just living in this awkward transition between generations: the last generation viewing screens as invasive sources of addiction, and the new generation viewing them as background tools, sort of like paper and pen.I worry so much about screen time, I've begun using paper and pen for things: writing notes outside of office hours, keeping recipes.  I write long letters to friends and attach the scanned document to emails, just so I can cut that one hour or so out of my screen time tally.  This quirk looks mad, but people generally understand when I explain that my work involves sitting in front of a screen all day, so I'm trying to minimise that pattern outside of work.I read here about people doing side projects.  Do you not get burned out?  Do your eyes not start to sting?  I've tried doing side projects when I was in a bit of a slump regarding job satisfaction, but I'd always end up wired in too late, having sleeping problems, and abandoning the code in the end.Anyway, I suppose I just thought I'd check if others are in a similar mind to me about this.  Any tips?  Any wisdom?