{"id":63177,"date":"2025-05-14T07:24:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T07:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/does-listening-to-a-podcast-or-sleep-story-on-your-device-still-count-as-being-plugged-in\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T08:01:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:01:44","slug":"does-listening-to-a-podcast-or-sleep-story-on-your-device-still-count-as-being-plugged-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/does-listening-to-a-podcast-or-sleep-story-on-your-device-still-count-as-being-plugged-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Does listening to a podcast or sleep story on your device still count as being \u2018plugged in\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Mr Z.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">No, it does not count as long as you follow some rules.<\/p>\n<p>1, your device is facing the other way or the screen is completely off.<\/p>\n<p>2, your device is far away from you so you will not be tempted to check messages (set your device&#8217;s notifications to silent and Vibration off).<\/p>\n<p>3, your device&#8217;s podcast or sleep story is at a reasonable volume so you will be able to drift away to sleep when ready.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-1766539654\"><div id=\"thefa-2202633884\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Stop wasting your mornings<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/start.thefabulous.co\/onboarding\/fabulous-initial?utm_source=community-qa&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=afterfirstquestionoranswer-purple-achievegoals\" class=\"banner-cta red w-inline-block\">\r\n<div>Build a better life<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Adrianna C.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I&#8217;d consider it as yes, but it could also be an exception. The point of plugging out is not just to get off the Internet and phone, but also to give your mind a chance to relax. However, if you are listening to a story or a relaxing potcast, I&#8217;d say you could count it as beig plugged out, unless you&#8217;ll keep listening to the next story or a podcast again and again<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div  class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Ravi F.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">No, I don\u2019t think it does. As long as you aren\u2019t completely dependent on it to sleep it should be okay. Hope that helped!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Z. 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