Are You Addicted? With Your Mobile?
I almost was. This helped me.
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Hello everyone
Today's newsletter comes a little later than planned.
(Drumrolls - here comes the excuse)
We had a heavy thunderstorm over the SanaTerraFarm last night. And a few minutes later we lost power...
But don't worry, it has nothing to do with climate change. We've always known thunderstorms like this as part of a completely normal phenomenon. It's called summer!
Speaking about summer.
I was recently in town with my wife. We treated ourselves to a nice dinner—just the two of us. Wonderful weather.
Beautiful garden terrace.
Everything was perfect.
We weren't the only guests. It was hectic. People came and went.
But one thing remained constant.
And it had nothing to do with the wonderful smell of fresh pizza and spaghetti carbonara.
No, it was the behavior of the people around us.
Something was not as it used to be
You've probably noticed that too.
People no longer talk to each other.
That is, they do.
Just much less.
Less attentively.
For some reason unconnected. Because they do something much more intensely.
Meaning, staring at their cell phone.
Taking pictures. Even playing games…!
Is that the case? Or is that just my wrong view of things?
Maybe I have indeed been living in the countryside for too long.
My perspective is certainly old-fashioned.
But can we no longer sit around a table with friends or colleagues without our cell phones flickering at full blast?
We're all more or less at the mercy of this new danger.
The constant feeling of having to be reachable and the fear of missing out.
Social media in particular has undoubtedly trained us very successfully for this.
And for many, it already become a real addiction.
I am by no means exempt from this.
I also had to learn that as an entrepreneur and solopreneur, you don't always have to be available.
Here are the tricks that have helped me to use my time more intensively with people.
- No social media in the first hour after waking up.
- I have turned off all notifications (WhatsApp, email, LinkedIn, you name it).
- There are generally no phones at the dining table.
- My phone is with me when I meet friends, but I only check my emails once in a while at most.
- No phone one hour before going to bed.
These simple rules help me to work with more concentration, sleep better, and experience my wife and friends more intensively.
Give them a try. Maybe it will help you too?
What is your relationship with your cell phone and social media?
A real nuisance, not a problem or the first signs of an addiction?
Please let me know in a comment if this is a topic worth taking a closer look at.
See you next time,
Yours,
Daniel
I won't play the tough guy and say social media doesn't affect me. It does. I try to minimize my exposure to it by using it for what it does best - connects you with others (via DM's mostly) and lets you make money.