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20+ years w/out watching TV, yet there is a TV right there on the family room for the occasional movie or soccer match. No need to ditch a very useful device,
by bikamonki 8y ago
20+ years w/out watching TV, yet there is a TV right there on the family room for the occasional movie or soccer match.
No need to ditch a very useful device, need discipline to use it wisely.
- tostadora 8y agoI'm almost in the same area as you. I have a TV and I use it very sparingly. The difference with smartphones is that the smartphone's applications are engineered to be addictive, which is not the case of TV. There's another important difference between the two: you don't carry your TV all the time with you.
- bikamonki 8y agoTrue in all accounts. I guess we need stronger discipline then :) I am working it out with this approach: no social network apps, turned off all notifications (however the red dots over app icons bother me still), uninstalled email app (I do check it on demand using the browser email app), airplane mode at night, off the pocket most of the weekend. My biggest concern is that using a phone killed my reading habit. I guess reading short shallow posts is the actual problem. Really pissed about it. I try to read a book and my attention span lasts for a couple of minutes. I tried kindle to keep the form factor. No luck :( I used to read a lot, a lot!