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Posts tagged ‘iPhone’

Mar 31

i’ve had enough now

Seriously. Roll on Friday. Mobile-less March has chip chip chipped away at me and now, much as I’d love to say “What an amazing experience; it’s taught me things; I don’t need a phone in my life; everything still functions perfectly well without it”…such a statement – without any kind of addendum – would be untrue. Read more

Mar 10

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10 days in…and an epiphany on Vauxhall station platform

I’m 10 days in and can’t work out how I feel about mobile-less March. I think it’s easier just to tell you what I’ve noticed….

Firstly, sleep is an issue. I’ve never been the best at getting to bed, ever since I was a teenager and even when I was up before 5am, six days a week when I worked in radio. But I have been trying really hard to tackle my night owl tendencies. And about 4 months ago, I discovered a magical little app called Pzizz which actually succeeds in making me a sleepy head. I didn’t realise a/ how much I used it and b/ how I would miss it so.

I’m also surprisingly traumatised by the lack of Instagram in my life. Read more

Mar 7

“my name’s Dawn and I’m addicted to my mobile phone”

I’m one week into the programme. And yes, I have a serious problem.

One of my sisters (the clinical psychologist, funnily enough…) pointed it out more than a couple of times before all this unfolded.

“No phones at the table” often. And that’s bad. I shouldn’t need to be told.

But I feel a little bit like a child with my phone. Like, I just can’t help it. Read more