Thank you for this, Aaron! People my age remember what life was like without cell phones. You had to be on time for an appointment because you couldn't just let them know you were running late. You even went to your favorite bar just because, not knowing if you'd meet anyone in particular there, but any of your friends would show up eventually anyway. And on the train you read a book, talked to other travelers and get to know strangers or just looked out the window. I can only agree with you to try it once - without throwing the phone into the lake right away ;)
Oh wow! Thank you for this awesome comment man! I'm so glad that you were able to exist in the time before... We really do lose something of our humanity when we're looking down at screens all the damn time.
As Olaf says, ‘people my age’ have known life without the ever present cell phone. Yet without a critical thought to my cell phone usage,I found my brain getting lazy as the daily stream of alerts and news flashes shortened my attention span. Work was fast paced and somehow justified the use of news alerts as to my ‘keeping informed’. I became conscious of some sort of mild anxiety if I didn’t have my phone. And that carried over into my retirement.
Well enough of that! I turned off all alerts, pings, bells and vibrations. I’m going for long walks without the phone...
I shall pretend there is only a land line securely attached to the wall and the actual phone does not fit in my backpack. I’m heading off to the ocean; I’m phone-free, at long last I’m phone-free!
Thank you for this, Aaron! People my age remember what life was like without cell phones. You had to be on time for an appointment because you couldn't just let them know you were running late. You even went to your favorite bar just because, not knowing if you'd meet anyone in particular there, but any of your friends would show up eventually anyway. And on the train you read a book, talked to other travelers and get to know strangers or just looked out the window. I can only agree with you to try it once - without throwing the phone into the lake right away ;)
Oh wow! Thank you for this awesome comment man! I'm so glad that you were able to exist in the time before... We really do lose something of our humanity when we're looking down at screens all the damn time.
As Olaf says, ‘people my age’ have known life without the ever present cell phone. Yet without a critical thought to my cell phone usage,I found my brain getting lazy as the daily stream of alerts and news flashes shortened my attention span. Work was fast paced and somehow justified the use of news alerts as to my ‘keeping informed’. I became conscious of some sort of mild anxiety if I didn’t have my phone. And that carried over into my retirement.
Well enough of that! I turned off all alerts, pings, bells and vibrations. I’m going for long walks without the phone...
I shall pretend there is only a land line securely attached to the wall and the actual phone does not fit in my backpack. I’m heading off to the ocean; I’m phone-free, at long last I’m phone-free!