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Stop bringing your phone in the shower: How steam can ruin 'waterproof' phones (www.engadget.com)
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[–] 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The only way to get better is to stop consuming content! Choose a weekend, tell your friends you will be out of touch, and turn off your phone for a couple of days (if you can't do that, just shut off WIFI and data so you can still text/call). It really won't be as bad as you think, and you might even like it - but you will have to do stuff to occupy your hands. Cook, walk, read easy books, exercise, etc.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago* (2 children)

    Belive me, I’ve tried. I’m an asssitant scoutmaster for my kids troop, and we camp about monthly in the summer. So, I’ve got lots of phone free weekends behind me. I’m also got kids in sports too, so go to games and meets.

    I’m taking steps but I still have work to do.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago

    Don't take big steps. Take small ones.

    In the running world, there's this thing called "Couch-to-5k". Its a progran that can literally take you from square one - the couch - to a non-stop 5k run. Its all about small gains and slow incremental progress.

    A few small conscious efforts to disconnect from your phone every day, even for 15 mins at a time, will slowly add up to bigger and bigger gains over time. If you can break the impulse to check your phone by disrupting the immediate availability of your phone, you might be able to get the ball rolling pretty quickly.

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