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About 2 years ago I found myself once more checking my phone while on the toilet. I decided that was enough, I don't want to be an addict. Since then, all my d
by paolomaffei 3y ago
About 2 years ago I found myself once more checking my phone while on the toilet. I decided that was enough, I don't want to be an addict.
Since then, all my devices (phones, laptop) now stay in a specific room of the house: the office and they never leave
If I badly need GPS to get somewhere I take the dumbphone with me, the phone with the apps simply never leaves the office. But I'll look up the road before instead unless absolutely needed.
If I need to meet someone I tell them be on time where we agreed to meet, I won't have a phone with me
It's scary to notice how as soon as there's a phone in my pocket the old addiction kicks up
- dot5xdev 3y agoWhat dumbphone supports GPS directions?
- vel0city 3y agoFor a long time Google supported a J2ME version of Google Maps that worked on loads of dumb phones
- barbazoo 3y ago> I take the dumbphone with me, the phone with the apps simply never leaves the office Presumably they mean a smartphone without "the apps"
- dot5xdev 3y agoTIL: Apparently, there are flip phones that support Waze: https://youtu.be/zbhIiCtAk34?si=Bc6TrBqCSQbqSUCN&t=194 https://youtu.be/zbhIiCtAk34?si=Bc6TrBqCSQbqSUCN&t=194 Sunbeam F1 Pro
- jxramos 3y agoI had a tangible feel for this "addiction" one time when I let my phone run out of battery and I had it next to my laptop. Whenever there was a lull at work or something got hard and I needed a mental break I'd reach for my phone only to pick it up and find an unresponsive black screen. I must have picked it up some six times before it finally hit me how frequently I go to pick up that thing. Somehow the shock of rediscovering the off-state repeatedly and forgetting it really sunk the frequency of the formed habit into my mind. The habit was tangible in that moment.