RE: Experience with digital detox
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Good job. I have taken digital detox (or at least a reduction in the use of my mobile phone) about a half year ago.
As you already explain in your post, smartphones take up a lot of time and people just can't multitask (no, even women can't 😉).
So, when using your phone you have less attention for the other things you're doing.
So put your phone away and do things with mindfully!
I've removed quite a few distracting apps from my phone like LinkedIN and Youtube which I was checking out whenever I had a moment I had nothing to do. And then often these apps keep your attention and you find yourself doomscrolling for an half hour.
It has given me quite a bit of extra time I'm often spending reading books (which I never had time for I thought).
I did have a slight fallback keeping Hive on my phone which, with the new snaps function, can be quite distracting as well. But luckily Hive doesn't have the incentive to keep you on the platform. It's just a matter of self discipline.
Good luck with your detox!
In my case only one mobile app takes my time and that's TikTok, I haven't even realized how much time I can spend there watching crap, does it make me laugh? yes, does it relieve some stress? yes, but it slows me down in what I have to finish.
So I choose to put my phone aside when I'm doing some activity and mute it or turn it off to sleep and not be tempted if any notification sounds, besides suffering from eyesight I have to let my eyes rest, I spend the workday in front of the computer, then a few more hours if I'm going to post something on HIVE and if I include the ones I look at the cell phone it's a complete madness.
I use HIVE on my cell phone to see notifications and answer some comments if I am not at home, otherwise I use the PC, it is easy and fast to use HIVE on the cell phone, but I found that it made me very tired, so distance and better at certain times and on the PC or laptop.