RE: Cutting down on my smartphone use
Good luck with the cut-down.
I must say I'm astonished by the sleeping next to the phone and checking it first thing in the morning... astonish by the actual deed and bu the percentage of people who do it. (Talking about the definition of addiction)
One quick tip is to at least put it on airplane mode. And shut off the wifi when you go to bed. Having wifi during your sleep is deadly and having it on the phone next to your head... is forget about it.
For the steps, yeah your memory and action are way enough. Whatsapp, if it's the only way to communicate... I guess that's that... but you know... nowadays you even get international phone calls for free, even with the landline.
Calm I also use it and I get the streak is nice and helps keep things "on schedule". But again memory and action... or you can use it offline sometimes it works and/or pick the phone up to use it and put the phone down after. No notifications, no social media...
Personally, I don't have a smartphone, so I guess I don't have to cut any time out. I have a phone from the 90's and an Ipod. Never used whatsapp never wanted to. Other than the ipod is usually on airplane mode and I can use it for calm and podcasts and so...
Photos.. I get it... but you can get a great camera for half the price of an iphone.
Wish great luck with it... truly think it's a plague affecting our species at the moment. Just imagine if there were no more smartphones tomorrow, how would peopel live?.... Probably coudn't even find/ walk to a restaurant hehehe
For many, and myself included, it's an information addiction. I want to know what's happening. I want to feel something exciting is going on. But now I'm trying to focus on the excitement I can create rather than the excitement I can find
Same here ( in a way ) but I can use my laptop for that too. I always feel better looking at bigger screens anyway. So, if I really don't need my phone for something, I won't use it.
P.S. Focusing on the excitement you can create sounds so much more powerful than the excitement you can find :>)
That's a good one. And also you can text the news once a day or something (maybe on your laptop)
That first alinea sums it up: 'addiction'. I like to believe it's healthier than alcohol or other hard drugs though ( but who knows? )
I actually forgot to mention that my phone is always on airplone mode ( or even off ) during the night.
I got a landline but haven't been in my house for months due to the renovation.
Using calm offline is interesting but will indeed break the streak :>)
I hardly have notifications on ( on ) my phone.
no iPod here, just an iPhone. I did away with all my cams besides my Gopro Hero.
Thanks for all the advice and wishing me luck. It will either be cutting down or feeling better about my usage of my smartphone, probably somewhere in the middle :>)