I felt like a digital minimalism success story before quarantine, but as my schedule emptied my screen-free convictions faltered. Some of them even volunteered to put their phones away during our in-person visits as well. My relationships improved when I stopped phubbing family and friends. Reducing my smartphone use did more than just free up two to four hours a day I was less distractible and more energetic too. My husband and I share a computer and don’t have a television, so my cellphone is often my only screen. Soon I was averaging just 62 minutes a day on my mobile phone, compared to the United States norm, and my own history, of three to five hours daily. I was keeping so busy offline that I seldom missed my phone. I spent two uncomfortable weeks detoxing from my standard American smartphone addiction until my tech cravings subsided. This is a guest post from Leslie Watson of Less Haste And Less Waste.įour months after reading Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport, I thought I had analog living all figured out.
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