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The Easy Way to Kick Your Phone Addiction
Admit it, you’re addicted
The first time I realised I was addicted to my phone was when it started becoming an obstacle in my relationship with my girlfriend.
The thing was an emotional, mental, and often physical barrier between the two of us.
I often found myself barely listening to what she was saying and occasionally completely ignoring her, whilst mindlessly eyeing up my device.
She, as someone who appears to be immune to phone addiction for whatever reason, naturally, began to get fed up with seeing her boyfriend being held hostage by a handful of social media companies manifesting themselves on a tiny moving screen.
Like many, watching the Netflix documentary, ‘the social dilemma’, was a wake-up call for me.
I began to use my phone more consciously, aware of the different ways all of these apps and companies were fighting for my attention. It became quite amusing to see at certain points. Such as when I removed Facebook from my home screen and placed it with the apps I only use once every month or so, and began to be bombarded with friend suggestions and updates from people I hadn’t spoken to since forever.
Despite being more conscious of what I was doing on my phone, and downloading an app to…
