Discover the transformative journey of transitioning from a 📱 smartphone to a 📵 dumb phone for the sake of mental health and more. In this video, I share v...
I remember being addicted to that, I was addicted to the phone notifications. But I flashed a custom OS and stopped to give attention to my phone by not installing those games or social media apps, I have absolutely the minimum apps I can.
Good for you! But it’s important to recognize that each of us enters this world with different genes and is shaped by diverse environmental factors. These elements influence the chemistry within our bodies. While some individuals might find success with your approach, it’s crucial to understand that it’s not for one. Even a dumb phone alone is not the ultimate solution. There needs to be a proactive replacement with something useful and beneficial. For those struggling with self-control, creating an environment with fewer distractions is essential.
From your post, it appears you may be overestimating the degree of control individuals have over their actions. While some people possess greater self-control, our brains are extremely powerful at coming up with excuses, rationalizing the use of time-wasting apps like Facebook or Lemmy, even if “I” decided to avoid them. Most people fail trying to lose weight, because initial success is often followed by relapses.
It’s important to acknowledge that different strategies work for different individuals. Even the approach described in the video won’t work in isolation.
From your post, it appears you may be overestimating the degree of control individuals have over their actions.
Well I said “I don’t know what other people issues are” because I do understand the difficult on this, so I don’t “overestimate” this. For me wasn’t easy, but that was long time ago when I saw my issues with those apps that their main function is to keep us addicted to those notification sounds and scrolling shit-content on their sites. Or care more about other people life than our own life.
What I mean is, you are not going to use a “typewriter” to work instead a computer where you are addicted to play games, you should control yourself and not install those apps on your computer. As a computer is very useful to search on internet, Wikipedia, and work on many other things. Instead of downgrade your tools, you should upgrade yourself and learn to control yourself, it’s not easy, but you can start uninstalling all those apps on your smartphone instead using Dumb Phone.
Good for you! But it’s important to recognize that each of us enters this world with different genes and is shaped by diverse environmental factors. These elements influence the chemistry within our bodies. While some individuals might find success with your approach, it’s crucial to understand that it’s not for one. Even a dumb phone alone is not the ultimate solution. There needs to be a proactive replacement with something useful and beneficial. For those struggling with self-control, creating an environment with fewer distractions is essential.
From your post, it appears you may be overestimating the degree of control individuals have over their actions. While some people possess greater self-control, our brains are extremely powerful at coming up with excuses, rationalizing the use of time-wasting apps like Facebook or Lemmy, even if “I” decided to avoid them. Most people fail trying to lose weight, because initial success is often followed by relapses.
It’s important to acknowledge that different strategies work for different individuals. Even the approach described in the video won’t work in isolation.
Well I said “I don’t know what other people issues are” because I do understand the difficult on this, so I don’t “overestimate” this. For me wasn’t easy, but that was long time ago when I saw my issues with those apps that their main function is to keep us addicted to those notification sounds and scrolling shit-content on their sites. Or care more about other people life than our own life.
What I mean is, you are not going to use a “typewriter” to work instead a computer where you are addicted to play games, you should control yourself and not install those apps on your computer. As a computer is very useful to search on internet, Wikipedia, and work on many other things. Instead of downgrade your tools, you should upgrade yourself and learn to control yourself, it’s not easy, but you can start uninstalling all those apps on your smartphone instead using Dumb Phone.