My phone screen was cracked, I had to leave it with the repair place for an hour or two. It was glorious.
I leisurely strolled past shops, sat down to eat something without being distracted, and generally enjoyed being outside. I had to ask someone for the time.
I resolved to go without phones more often, as it made me feel connected to me environment more, with less stress and reduced absentmindedness.
Of course I never did and promptly returned to my 4+ hrs/day of phone time. I am not ashamed to admit I feel somewhat uncomfortable pooping without my phone.
You know, outdoors or near a window I'm pretty good at that. But I easily lose track of time when indoors, or at night. Especially if for some reason I wake up hours earlier than normal, I'll think it must be 12 or 1AM, only to see that it's barely 10.
now I enjoy going for 1-2h walks waaay more cuz I can just listen to music and disconnect myself from the people around and focus on thinking about various stuff
Sure sitting at train and thinking about your life instead of spamming on HN is likely a good thing, but sometimes it's just awkward - depends who you sit with
You know we had ways to listen to music on the go in the pre-smartphone era, right? From Walkman, Discman over to mobile MP3 players etc.
I have feature phone I use to disconnect, it can play music plus I have a list of 10 close contacts that I can call in case of emergency (or 911 of course). There is no need for a smartphone to cover basic security needs.
pooping with phone now.
now and then i try pooping without it just in the interest of time. and saving my legs from falling asleep.
not often though. bad habit.
I leisurely strolled past shops, sat down to eat something without being distracted, and generally enjoyed being outside. I had to ask someone for the time.
I resolved to go without phones more often, as it made me feel connected to me environment more, with less stress and reduced absentmindedness.
Of course I never did and promptly returned to my 4+ hrs/day of phone time. I am not ashamed to admit I feel somewhat uncomfortable pooping without my phone.