Travis Wilson

About My Challenge

I'm completing 2,000 push-ups in 18 days to raise awareness and funds for the Canadian Mental Health Association.  This association will need more funding and support going forward due to the affects of social media and excessive use of smartphones by our  kids. 

How are kdis today?  Attention spans? Shot. Anxiety? Through the roof. Many kids spend more time scrolling TikTok than sleeping. The constant dopamine drip keeps them glued to their screens, comparing their real lives to everyone else’s highlight reel—breeding insecurity and depression.   

We’ve essentially put a highly addictive tool in their pockets, designed by the smartest minds in Silicon Valley to keep them hooked and making them wealthier than any group is history.

And the result? Less face-to-face interaction, less physical activity, and a generation that’s more connected than ever, yet more lonelier than ever.

Tech isn’t the enemy—but unchecked, it’s hijacking childhood and will create a greater need for Mental Health support.   So listen up goverments and policymakers—it’s time to step up and ban phones from schools, create awareness campaigns for todays youth explaining the how their mental health is being sacrificed so that Tech Companies can line their own pockets, and start forcing age-gating on these companies to stop targeting our youth for profit. 

Please support me as I #pushforbetter from February 11-28.

All proceeds help the Canadian Mental Health Association to support mental illness recovery and foster positive mental health in Canada.