Dale Earnhardt Jr. famously won the 2014 Daytona 500 10 years ago, and it was also around that time he hit social media in a big way.
Earnhardt took some time during a segment on Dirty Mo Media to address a recent issue facing him and his wife Amy. The pair had themselves a little argument.
In what Earnhardt said was a "phone-off" argument, the two realized that they both have been spending way too much time on their phones.
Earnhardt's realization might be leading to a new approach to his phone usage. Earnhardt has been a big member of social media for NASCAR, but he could scale back his presence a bit. Or that's an experiment he's shooting for.
Earnhardt discussed his situation with Dalton Greco, Dirty Mo Media's social media manager, and Andrew Kurland, the host of the Dirty Mo Media podcast "Next Level," in a video posted on Dirty Mo Media's social pages.
Are you going to take the @DaleJr Phone App-Limit Challenge? ? pic.twitter.com/CA8MW8C0V0
— Dirty Mo Media (@DirtyMoMedia) February 11, 2024
"Yeah, me and my wife got in an argument over who was using Instagram the most, or who was on their phone the most, right? And if you get married, you're going to have that conversation. You're on your phone more. No, you're on your phone more.., and we actually did the math, and it turns out that we're really on there similar amounts of time, too much," Earnhardt said. "So nobody really won or lost. But I set some app limits, right? You can go into the screen time, set these app limits and I'm giving it a shot. I use Instagram and Twitter the most, and so, I put myself on a 30-minute limit on both apps (a day)."
It will be interesting to see if Earnhardt can keep his social media usage to the limits he set for himself. Then again, he might have a lot more time on his hands, especially if he isn't brought back by to the NBC NASCAR broadcast booth.
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