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The main problem with, and reason why I don't leave my phone at home, is fear of missing an emergency call.
by Lordarminius 9y ago
The main problem with, and reason why I don't leave my phone at home, is fear of missing an emergency call.
- mathgeek 9y agoSet all potential emergency numbers to be important. Set your phone to no interrupts except for those contacts. If your phone doesn't make a noise, don't touch it.
- unicornporn 9y agoIf you're not blue-light staff it does not seem like a rational fear. Smartphones has made us all control freaks. I think we need to practice giving up control.
- LastZactionHero 9y agoA few months ago I bought a Nokia 105. It was $25 on Amazon. It makes phone calls and text messages. The battery lasts almost a month. My wife can call me in an emergency. I wired up a few work outage alerts with IFTTT. That's about it. The best part about it is that it leaves me alone. When I turn my smartphone back on, it's incredible to see the barrage of worthless notifications that would have distracted me throughout the day. I no longer check my phone aimlessly because there's nothing to do. I wrote about it here: https://medium.com/@LastZactionHero/quitting-the-smartphone-or-a-review-of-the-nokia-105-292d9f1aba1b https://medium.com/@LastZactionHero/quitting-the-smartphone-...
- elijahlofgren 9y agoI agree with this suggestion. I have not regretted having both a smart phone a dumb phone I can use when I want to untether but also still be contactable in emergencies.