We‘re addicted to our phones. I know. I set notifications to a bare minimum - but still when I am enjoying time with family, a few seconds of idle time and I tend to reach for the phone in my pocket. I want to change this.
The mighty internet recommends leaving the phone in another room when playing with kids, but this doesn’t work for me. The phone is my camera and with kids there are a lot of situations where I am glad I have a camera handy.
My idea is to make the phone dumber.
I created a shortcut „kids time“. Activated with the action button. Simple. All it does is:
- turn of mobile data
- turn of wifi
This way, people can reach me if something is urgent (= call), but if I feel the urge to check the phone, nothing new will be presented to me and if I open an app, it won’t work. Hope that’s enough to let it rest it a while.
I love to hear your opinion. If you want to exchange on what I wrote in this article, write me an email ✉️ and we can start a conversation.
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