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Terence D'souza's avatar

Great idea. I did a walk to on Sunday, 8 hours of not looking at my smartphone and actually talking to people. Totally agree just carrying a smartphone created an urge to continually check it.

It's not just the smartphone though, so many aspects of our lives now resemble short-term distractions. Work emails and chat channels, news media etc. Creating time to engage in a disruption free, focused activity is becoming increasingly hard.

Good on you Simon for trying out the dumb phone, please update us in a few weeks with how you are getting on.

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Simon Mundie's avatar

Thank you Terence, and totally agree on your insights. I will update! 🙏

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Jimmy's avatar

Love this! 100% agree. I’m not sure I want to watch the doc though, as it might make me angry by the sounds of it. Thank you so much for sharing as always Simon.

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Simon Mundie's avatar

Thank you Jimmy, I appreciate your kind words. Yes the doc was anger inducing, but important anger I think. Have a great Christmas 🌲

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Peter Wilks's avatar

Yes, you’ve done a profitable thing.

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Simon Mundie's avatar

Thank you Peter 🙏

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Hadarian Writer's avatar

Hey, I ONLY have dumb phones! I've never gotten a smart phone :) Welcome to the club!

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HELEN T's avatar

I have often thought about doing this but after reading this I definitely will.

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