How to Break Up with Your Phone
The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
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Average rating3.6
• When I would reach for my phone, I will ask myself why. What is the main reason that I'm picking up the phone?
• Then, ask myself why I need to look RIGHT NOW.
• Is there any important thing I could be doing right now besides checking my phone?
It‘s a quick read (or in my case, listen). I felt it was very informative without being repetitive or dense. The author presents lots of good info and tips. I wish I had a physical copy so that I could reference it. I recommend.
- not a bad starting place for re-evaluating digital relationship *
I read Cal Newport's Digital Minimalism last year, and it made me question a lot of subconscious actions I had developed with my digital tools. While Newport focuses on minimising the overall digital dependencies across various tools and platform, Catherine Price's book tries to focus on phone and how one can alter the relation with it.
The first half of the book discusses various design aspects that make the device addictive, sharing the research and stats on average humans phone usage. The whole book, like these chapters, felt a bit generic - regurgitating a lot of facts that we all know about phone usage. The second half, while serving as a practical 30-day follow guide, didn't surprise me.
It truly isn't a bad start if one seeks to alter their behaviour with their phone slowly over time. I felt that I was following many of the said pointers and found Newport's book to serve as a better motivator to define a more precise “why” on re-evaluating the dependency on our digital devices.
If you want an easy, quick to go through, step by step guide, pick this one but for a more long term sustainable practise, I'd suggest Newport's Digital Minimalism.
This book had some really good tips to break up with your phone! I'll definitely try the 30 day plan later.
As someone who averages 8 hours per day on the phone, this was the right book to take me through actionable steps to cut out the things I didn't need and improve my focus and win back lost time.
A little book that in the first half gives a good overview on how phone apps are meant to addict us and how they succeeded in just a few years to rewire our brains to form attention-deficit habits, and in the second half takes you through a 30 day mindfulness step-program on how to detach again.
A quick read. I enjoyed the first half, there's nothing too new, but it's always good to be reminded of these points. The second half definitely looks useful, if you're willing to commit. I picked and chose random advice.