Just finished watching video myself! With the ongoing trend of people rejecting their phones and social media in the pursuit of mental health, I wanted to put my philosophy I've had since the...
Just finished watching video myself! With the ongoing trend of people rejecting their phones and social media in the pursuit of mental health, I wanted to put my philosophy I've had since the beginning on paper:
My phone is a utility.
Every time I use my phone it's with an intended purpose that will impact my life:
Checking the weather to know what clothes to wear for the day.
Making bank/card payments.
Looking up a word in a language I'm learning to help imprint it.
Replying to texts/messages.
Getting out a QR code to scan.
...
Once my phone has fulfilled the purpose, I put it away.
I never use my phone for entertainment in any form of media; with entertainment intentionally left ambiguous:
Games
YouTube
Podcasts
Endless-scrolling apps or sites
...
While yes, I do all those things on my computer, but they stay at my computer. Once I get off my chair then all entertainment is derived from my experiences with the world, not through my phone.
Some people doing these temporary challenges typically go to the extreme, such as Eddy and the cons he faced from doing so. The modern phone is an amazing utility with a million tools grouped into a single device, but it needs to stay only a utility for the sake of mental health and the hyperbolic carcinogen its become.
I think especially with the increasing amount of connectivity between iOS and macOS, I might be able to actually hold to this philosophy. It's definitely increasingly become a thing I've wanted to...
I think especially with the increasing amount of connectivity between iOS and macOS, I might be able to actually hold to this philosophy. It's definitely increasingly become a thing I've wanted to do more and you've put it so eloquently. I'll likely save this comment for future reference. Thank you!
My mother used to have a small black and white 6-inch CRT in the kitchen. She'd pop in to start cooking and cleaning, turn on the TV and get to work. These days, I similarly use my phone while I'm...
My mother used to have a small black and white 6-inch CRT in the kitchen. She'd pop in to start cooking and cleaning, turn on the TV and get to work.
These days, I similarly use my phone while I'm cooking and doing the dishes. I pop my phone up on the window sill or mount it on my fridge with a magnet and watch (hilariously enough, this video) videos on YouTube with one ear bud in. The clatter of dishes and my every day use of my phone don't necessarily stop people from shouting at me from the other room, causing me to have to drop everything, pause what I'm watching and go to respond.
I do limit my 'idle' phone time but, how Eddy's pile of tech showed just how many tools the phone has replaced, there are so many useful features packed into them.
I do have a lot of thoughts on this matter but they're not really organized enough yet. Instead, I'll just laugh at him using MapQuest and realizing that driving isn't that hard if you pay attention.
I use an app on Android called Lock Me Out that locks me out of stuff in a way that not even I can circumvent. I mean it's an Android phone so I am sure a knowledgeable person could circumvent it,...
I use an app on Android called Lock Me Out that locks me out of stuff in a way that not even I can circumvent. I mean it's an Android phone so I am sure a knowledgeable person could circumvent it, but not me. So I can turn my phone into whatever I want. I have a lockout that only allows essential and emergency stuff so the phone remains useful without being distracting. We don't use much texting in Brazil so I installed Signal on my wife's phone and my mother's, so I can block WhatsApp while remaining available for people that would contact me in an emergency. And the actual phone functions are all unlocked as well, such as making and receiving calls.
Just finished watching video myself! With the ongoing trend of people rejecting their phones and social media in the pursuit of mental health, I wanted to put my philosophy I've had since the beginning on paper:
Every time I use my phone it's with an intended purpose that will impact my life:
Once my phone has fulfilled the purpose, I put it away.
I never use my phone for entertainment in any form of media; with entertainment intentionally left ambiguous:
While yes, I do all those things on my computer, but they stay at my computer. Once I get off my chair then all entertainment is derived from my experiences with the world, not through my phone.
Some people doing these temporary challenges typically go to the extreme, such as Eddy and the cons he faced from doing so. The modern phone is an amazing utility with a million tools grouped into a single device, but it needs to stay only a utility for the sake of mental health and the hyperbolic carcinogen its become.
I think especially with the increasing amount of connectivity between iOS and macOS, I might be able to actually hold to this philosophy. It's definitely increasingly become a thing I've wanted to do more and you've put it so eloquently. I'll likely save this comment for future reference. Thank you!
My mother used to have a small black and white 6-inch CRT in the kitchen. She'd pop in to start cooking and cleaning, turn on the TV and get to work.
These days, I similarly use my phone while I'm cooking and doing the dishes. I pop my phone up on the window sill or mount it on my fridge with a magnet and watch (hilariously enough, this video) videos on YouTube with one ear bud in. The clatter of dishes and my every day use of my phone don't necessarily stop people from shouting at me from the other room, causing me to have to drop everything, pause what I'm watching and go to respond.
I do limit my 'idle' phone time but, how Eddy's pile of tech showed just how many tools the phone has replaced, there are so many useful features packed into them.
I do have a lot of thoughts on this matter but they're not really organized enough yet. Instead, I'll just laugh at him using MapQuest and realizing that driving isn't that hard if you pay attention.
I use an app on Android called Lock Me Out that locks me out of stuff in a way that not even I can circumvent. I mean it's an Android phone so I am sure a knowledgeable person could circumvent it, but not me. So I can turn my phone into whatever I want. I have a lockout that only allows essential and emergency stuff so the phone remains useful without being distracting. We don't use much texting in Brazil so I installed Signal on my wife's phone and my mother's, so I can block WhatsApp while remaining available for people that would contact me in an emergency. And the actual phone functions are all unlocked as well, such as making and receiving calls.