One Month Without an Smartphone

This month was sometimes weird, sometimes it just sucked and sometimes I did not miss a thing.

The Good

• Its easier to focus on conversations with the other person when you're not constantly distracted by some notifications and habit-shaping glances on your phone.
• It's easier to realize what's happening around you

The Bad

• I did miss an appointment because I did not take a look at my calendar that day. So I disappointed one person, who did need my help.
• My online communication via WhatsApp was nonexistent this month. So I might miss something urgent. But I think, if it might be something important (not to be confused with urgent), The people had plenty of other ways to contact me.
• I forgot my phone way more often at home than before. One time it resulted in a awful misunderstanding between me and my wife. This sucked so much.

The Ugly

• My wife uses Pintrest since yesterday. It did suck up about one hour on my life to stare on her screen.
• Writing text messages with T9 sucks so much, I will never miss it any more. I have to admit, I really hated it.
• I still wasted some time with playing a silly game (coded in Java for Embedded Systems, good old times).
• I tend to adopt an "better-than-thou"-attitude. "Hey, you still use a smartphone? You social outcast instant-gratification monkey!". That is a attitude I really had to watch out for and capture it, not letting any room to breathe.