This is part 3 in a series about living without a smartphone and it pretty much follows from smart to smarter with a 'dumb' phone and getting smarter by ditching my smartphone, where I described how throwing my so called 'smart' phone away with the trash ( metaphorically, that is ) is more Good riddance! than some of you might think.

In case you missed it, you might want to read up on the spontaneous seaside (day)trip that turned into 3 days... that Clare and I set out on, last Thursday

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No longer owning a (working) smartphone sure has freed up a lot of brain power.

And - more importantly - in the last two weeks or so, in which I haven't been able to revive my old ('smart') phone, nor the previous one that died the same sudden death ( they lasted about 6 years together ), my brain has slowly but steadily started rebuilding its neural pathways and I am getting better and better at thinking and decision making by myself, unlike ( no offense ) seems to be the case for the majority of people.

I have also gotten even better than I already was at living intuitively, moment by moment.

The previously mentioned seaside trip is a good example of that.

Although I have to say that it helps a lot to have a woman like @clareartista on my side, who - like me - knows how to live a life based on freedom, sovereignty and choosing feeling over (over)thinking, among other things skills.

Now I could make this a very long post, trying to sound smart arse ass or backing my findings with so called 'science' ( which I don't believe in much, these days, and even less since 2020 ) but I would like to take it easy on my brain cells and minimize screen staring, if I can help it.

Even though it's fair to say that I much rather stare at my laptop screen than at a cellphone. In all honesty, I hardly do the latter, since I received my (not) dumb (at all) phone, 2 weeks ago. There's not much staring to do at a dumb phone. Some phone calls and text messages and basically not using it much, at all, is pretty calming to the mind.

Not unlike staring at the sea...

Black Hole Sun aka my new phone trying to capture the sun(set).

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And here it is trying to take a picture on Mars...

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You gotta love those pre-photo filters! No post-production possible on my phone ;<)

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And thus continues my journey towards increased health.

And, although I know a bunch of people are probably slightly frustrated over me connecting less with them...
_{What about you @inuke ? - wanna play some chess and text chat on chess.com ? I'm up for it. @drrune How's life! I'm doing great, just no longer on Telegram...,}

...I sense that they might actually be 'secretly' jealous of my increased freedom.

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The same goes for those who still aren't investing in Bitcoin, even though I have been telling them about it for 7 years now. Or those who are still stuck in jobs they hate and so on and so forth...

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Anyhow, there's always more ways to connect. Ways of connecting that are less 'lazy' and might seem challenging at times but so much worth it.

And no, I really don't miss Whatsapp or the ongoing family chat that I have been part of for over a decade.

A phone call every now and then with family members and/or friends or actual real life meet ups feel 10 times better, plus I don't need to overload my brain with noise, all the freaking time and then do a deep cleansing, over and over again.

Feeling good!

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What about you? Have you considered ditching your smartphone or using a dumb phone every now and then to disconnect from the noise of the world and reconnect with yourself?

_{All photos proudly taken with my new 'old style' retro phone with super low-res camera}