luokyio
Merc Maniac
Hi,
I just made a decision over last weekend which I'm pretty excited about. As pretty much everyone, I use a smartphone way too much, all the time to be exact. I have only one phone that I use both for my work and private life. This means I keep getting work-related info on my free time too. Over Christmas we did an experiment with my wife that we simply shut off our phones, and it was so relaxing. Of course being out of reach cannot work long-term, but with minor adjustments it can be done.
So, I have decided that I'll get a new phone number for private use only, and buy some old Nokia phone to go with it. After work I will simply turn off my smart phone. My company will not probably collapse if I don't read and respond every email in a minute after receiving it. This way anyone can reach me by calling or texting, but I don't have temptations to be on social media (well, forums and whatsapp/telegram to be more exact, I'm not on facetwitgram).
I will not avoid Internet altogether, because that would never work. However I will use laptop to do stuff if I need, but it being less convenient than surfing on pocket device, I'm sure I can cut down online time considerably. I'll let you know how this starts to go, no matter if you want to know or not.
As a result I hope to get more hours to my day, being better parent and husband etc. Also old phones are cool.
I'd love to hear if someone else has done something similar.
I just made a decision over last weekend which I'm pretty excited about. As pretty much everyone, I use a smartphone way too much, all the time to be exact. I have only one phone that I use both for my work and private life. This means I keep getting work-related info on my free time too. Over Christmas we did an experiment with my wife that we simply shut off our phones, and it was so relaxing. Of course being out of reach cannot work long-term, but with minor adjustments it can be done.
So, I have decided that I'll get a new phone number for private use only, and buy some old Nokia phone to go with it. After work I will simply turn off my smart phone. My company will not probably collapse if I don't read and respond every email in a minute after receiving it. This way anyone can reach me by calling or texting, but I don't have temptations to be on social media (well, forums and whatsapp/telegram to be more exact, I'm not on facetwitgram).
I will not avoid Internet altogether, because that would never work. However I will use laptop to do stuff if I need, but it being less convenient than surfing on pocket device, I'm sure I can cut down online time considerably. I'll let you know how this starts to go, no matter if you want to know or not.
As a result I hope to get more hours to my day, being better parent and husband etc. Also old phones are cool.
I'd love to hear if someone else has done something similar.