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We are not compatible. I am SO not adjusting to my iPhone and what it has to offer. I have now owned my smarty pants phone for 3 months, and have used it for a total of about 15 minutes. This is not a productive relationship, and the issues are all mine. The phone is and was neutral, but my use (or non-use) of it are a hold over from the past that makes no sense. I do not use my cell phone now although I was a very early adaptor of the technology. There is something I really do not like about the attachment to the phone I observe all around me. This is the turn off for me. I am amazed at the places I see smart phone addiction. The weight room is now a place where interval means lift some heavy stuff and then text for a few minutes. Needing to see the phone next to them on the floor next to the bench makes these big, strong, bovine guys look pretty wimpy.
I am not in danger of needing to be with my phone each moment, so I am not sure why I never even turn it on. I need to deal with my problems getting into this phone or stop paying $30 a month to have it hooked up all the time. My problem is not Apple operating systems. I just see the phone as a creepy distraction for so many that I have purposely bought and used all other iDevises. I use iPads, iPod touch 5, a couple of laptops and my original iPod full of tunes. I own stock in Apple. What is my resistance to this iThing?
The interruption factor I see in others appalls me so I am committed to avoiding it. People suffer from FOMO while they miss out on the world around them. I don’t really think that if I carry my phone and use it that I will be overwhelmed with bothersome unwanted news. I am only viewing the dark side of smart phones and therefore getting no benefit from the truly amazing technology. Either the thrifty part of me will start to use it to get my money’s worth or this silly aversion will continue. Don’t expect to see any real-time selfies any time soon. I have the opposite of FOMO…..FOBI….Fear of Being Inerrupted. I can’t be the only one. How about you, Gentle Readers? How is your relationship with your phone? I hope yours is less codependent than mine.
I am afraid of the mix of media and social media consumed by the population in 2013. There are distractions of all shapes and sizes. Being over busy overbooked and overly self centered is a modern sign of success. Emotional wellbeing of average people has been sinking while stability slips out of sight. The youth will use technology in ways that are modeled by the adults they see. When parents and other adults lead the way to digital detox younger people may also consider life outside the smartphone.
I think the point Louis C.K. makes in this video about emotional range of motion is key. His claim that smartphone distraction is avoidance of fully feeling sadness or happiness in favor of a phone buzz strikes me as a valid observation. It is impossible to be engaged in meditation and smart phone love at the same time. Some feel the attachment to the full time companion, Phoney, is destroying social skills. I agree, but the strongest argument for limiting time and energy with Phoney is productivity. Phoney is there to procrastinate with you, to deny reality and to take you away from all the pending doom. It can never make you feel truly happy, but it does kill time.
Digital detox has entered the dictionary and folks are in treatment for FOMO ( fear of missing out). This is perhaps the most ironic of all conditions…to abandon real life with no fear of missing reality in favor of never missing out on the ability to respond to a phone. Do you know anyone who is in need of intervention for this tragic ailment? I do, but would not know where or how to begin.
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