Cutting my iPhone Time in Half by Next Spring

photo of my facing away holding a phoneMy iPhone Intervention Begins!

You know that panicked, twitchy feeling you get when you can’t find your cellphone? I get that feeling too often, even when the phone is simply in my purse because I’m out with a friend and don’t want the phone on the table. I’m always aware of the darn thing whether it’s around or not. And I don’t want to live that way anymore.

This week marks the first in a series of articles I’m writing about trying to cut my smartphone use in half by this time next year. I’m not doing a complete “unplugging” or anything that I (or others) could not realistically maintain. My goal is to find ways to chip away at the time I spend with the phone nearby or with my eyes glued to its addictive little screen. I hope my experiments will help others who suffer from the same problem because I KNOW I’m not alone.

Please check out the first article in the series, published in The Jewish Daily Foward!

 

 

 

 

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Nina Badzin hosts the podcast Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship. She's been writing about friendship since 2014, co-leads the writing groups at ModernWell in Minneapolis, and reviews 30+ books a year on her website.

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HI, I’M NINA BADZIN. I’m a writer fascinated by the dynamics of friendship, and I’ve been answering anonymous advice questions on the topic since 2014. I now also answer them on my podcast, Dear Nina! I’m a creative writing instructor at ModernWell in Minneapolis, a freelance writer and editor, and an avid reader who reviews 50 books a year. Welcome to my site! 

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