Published on 12, July, 2020
So as of this last week I no longer own a smartphone. I have decided to go fully old school. I have an old LG phone that looks like a Blackberry and just texts and calls with a basic VGA camera and no internet. I have even bought myself an old cassette walkman and I am going to put some of my favourite albums onto cassette so I have something to listen to
I tried all this a few years ago and it helped my mental health so much, made my head so much clearer not having the visual stimulation and endless sensory overload of having the internet in my pocket all day and endless apps and social media sites. After a couple of years I ended up getting a smartphone again, mainly cos of work and the fact that everyone there talked on whats app. Im not at work anymore now though, at least not in an office full of people at least
Might even get a camera and develop photos!
Feels like everyone is living their whole lives through these little screens in their pockets and I just want to get away from it and feel alive again. Also, society keeps saying its impossible to live without one these days so kinda makes me want to try!
That does sound restful. Reduced ambient complexity is so helpful if you can find space for it in life. I loved my CD walkman until it broke. And I refuse to have anything other than freeview on my telly. The tyrrany of sprawling choice has too many people in its unhappy grip.
Shardovan said:The tyrrany of sprawling choice has too many people in its unhappy grip
This is so true! Such a good way of putting it. Its like when all this stuff was invented people were like great we can have whatever we want whenever we want it but in reality it is just the ultimate sensory overload. The human brain never gets to rest anymore because it is constantly being bombarded with endless choices and options.Last night instead of watching Netflix on my telly I watched a DVD and I felt so much calmer cos I knew I had to concentrate on that one thing and I couldnt just grab the remote and flick through loads of shows and movies
Bliss