The mother of two kids told how her life changed after she got rid of the gadget.
While queues are lining up in Moscow for new iPhones even before the start of sales, some prefer to hide smartphones in the far corner. This is because they take up too much of our life. How many times have you caught yourself lying in bed, flipping through your Instagram feed, and the time on the clock has long passed past midnight? But we were sincerely going to go to bed early and finally get some sleep.
“Once I realized that I was addicted to my iPhone, as other people are addicted to food or some bad habits,” says Virginia Tapp, a 27-year-old mother of two.
Virginia had an excuse: she needed a smartphone to work. A woman works in the field of PR, and even during maternity leave – remotely, so she had to hang out on social networks and read mail. But one day it all went beyond the scope.
“It all started when I was breastfeeding. After all, what could be easier than reaching for the phone while the child is eating: he is busy, but I am not bored. And like this 8-12 times a day, ”says Virginia.
Then the woman realized that she was bumping into the phone not for work, but with or without reason. Whatever she did, she was constantly distracted to look at social networks, check mail, flip through the feed, reply to a message in the messenger. It dawned on Virginia that this was already unhealthy. This is a real addiction.
“I was constantly forgetting about everything, I was absent-minded, it was difficult for me to concentrate on work. I couldn’t write an ordinary letter, it was so difficult for me to keep focus on some task, ”she says. Added to all this was irritability and resentment. And, what is most unpleasant, Virginia realized that her own children began to annoy her: for some reason they needed a mother while she was stuck on the phone screen. And my mother always stuck there.
“I was like an alcoholic who works in a bar. Something had to be changed. I am clearly incapable of a healthy relationship with modern technology, ”says the woman.
And so she finally made up her mind: she went to the store and bought the simplest phone for $ 50. Even translated into our money, it turns out to be mere pennies. The iPhone went to the back box. And then a real miracle happened.
“I began to notice that my days are much easier. There was no more confusion, fuss, scattered actions, when I took up something, was immediately distracted, grabbed the phone, dropped it, started doing something again. I did more time, and at the same time there was no more feeling that I was being torn to pieces, I do not have time for anything ”, – .
She also had a better mood and more energy from somewhere. Maybe because before going to bed, she no longer looked at the glowing screen for hours?
“I had the feeling that the parts of my brain that I had imperceptibly lost had grown back. I could just sit and think, plan something, and not aimlessly kill time, rummaging through the phone. We began to talk more with children, I read books again, – Virginia lists the changes. – I do my work when the children are asleep, in the afternoon or in the evening. And if something really important happens, you can always call me. “