RE: Reclaiming My Time: The Journey from Smartphone to Flip Phone

I remember my parents both saying to us, their children, "If you have nothing to do, I'll give you something to do." I said the same thing to my children. Amazing what they find to do so as not to have to do chores!

I'm fortunate in that I haven't become addicted to my phone. I use it when necessary, but that's it. I'd say it's my age, but my husband, who is the same age, has to drop everything to look at his phone when he hears it "ding." He wonders why I don't do the same. I just tell him, "It's time for me to eat (or whatever), not use my phone." After all, what did we do before we had cell phones, or even answering machines? In my husband's case, before he even had a phone in his home? We only had a phone in our home, because my dad worked for the phone company! Otherwise I don't think he could have afforded it.

I will say, though, that if I'm sitting in a waiting room, I'll pull out my phone and read an online book. I used to carry a book around for that purpose, but now I don't have to carry a book around.