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!
Starting to wonder whether this was a good idea. Main reason being that I am probobly going back to work soon after a few weeks break due to burnout and I have forgotten how my wife sending me pictures of the kids during the day when Im at work keeps me sane. Not sure how I could get through the day without it
Also need my music at work and the ability to hide in the toilet for half an hour and watch an epizode of new girl
Its a tough one, is the good things worth the trade off for them
Work goes faster and the employer will like you more, if you, er, go there to actually work.
And I liked "new girl" until I realised it seemed to be full of idiots lying their heads off to each other in one episode, which was a bit too close to a documentary for me, so I went back to "Star Trek lower decks" which is actually quite good in places, even though I'm probably not the target demographic for that show..