Dumb Down an iphone vs Flip Phone
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Dumb Down an iphone vs Flip PhoneFlip Phone Update - Attention is the Currency
I never think about my phone. I think of all the time and energy that I have given my iphone for the last 12 years. All of the energy of trying to “manage” screen time. Too much light in my eyes before bed etc etc. My Sunbeam flip charges in a little stand on my desk. With a glance …
Flip Phone Update - Attention is the Currency7 Years ago today, I received 1of 999 of the Kickstarter Bullet Journals
I had been using the system for a year prior and was excited to see what he made. It fired me up to double down into the bullet journal system. I used it for full capture. Of course I did migrate some things into digital but this book was with me at all times. I stray from the system from time to …
7 Years ago today, I received 1of 999 of the Kickstarter Bullet JournalsSocial Media Companies are Winning the Battle
He has a problem with alcohol. He cannot handle his booze like us normies. Would anyone use the logic above when talking about someone using heroine? Alcohol has won the battle. Alcohol is ethanol. It is a poison and our bodies treat it as such. It is addictive and big alcohol spends a good deal of …
Social Media Companies are Winning the BattleOffice or Study?
In 1993 I saw the movie, Shawdowlands. Shadowlands is a 1993 British biographical drama film about the relationship between academic C. S. Lewis (played by Anthony Hopkins) and Jewish American poet Joy Davidman (played by Debra Winger), her death from cancer, and how this challenged Lewis’s …
Office or Study?The Key Metric in Making Change
The best advice I heard and verified in my own life is the following for quitting something. Keep quitting until you have quit. Step 1: Decide that you are going to make a change. You know without a shred of doubt that it is bad for you. Step 2: Never doubt the decision. Step 3: (if needed) If you …
The Key Metric in Making ChangeLiving Phone Free
Last night was my wifes birthday. We had a lovely time. In my exploration of phone/no phone/flip phone/apple watch - BS that I have been wasting too much time thinking about - I went out with out any device. I had a lovely time. The person I care the the most about in the world was with me. I was …
Living Phone FreeThe Smart Phone Dilemma
Today I had a Zoom call with a performing artist L. Warner and preforms under the name Cerulean. He lives and creates in London. I found him on my blogging platform micro.blog. First, can we just agree that people can be amazing and with technology - which I am about to rip on a little - we can …
The Smart Phone Dilemmaimessage (Texts)
As I have thought more and more about not using a smart phone, I have gone through the various things I use a smartphone for and thought about how I would adapt. Music, Photos, Podcasts I can find workarounds for. imessage is one I cannot. Messages has become how people have conversations. How my …
imessage (Texts)iphone Screen Time Report Back: Digital Detox Week 32 in 2021
My iphone screen time report 52min of Daily Use Down 45% over last week. Top Apps MLB - 1hr 22m - I listen to Baseball games while I do chores. - Does this count as screen time? Sarafi - 47 min - Reading Blogs Youtube - 33 min I have a love hate with ol Youtube imessage 27 min
iphone Screen Time Report Back: Digital Detox Week 32 in 2021Twitter Deleted
Today I am breaking the first rule of No Social Media Club. I deleted my twitter account that I created in 2010. In 2018 I deleted Facebook. It took me a while to click the button. But I did and I never looked back. In in 2019 I deleted my Instagram account. I was more addicted and doomed scrolled …
Twitter DeletedHow to Start Your Bird Log
In March of 2021 took our family pop up on a week long solo camping trip to the South Llano State Park. It is known as a birder park and the spring is a perfect time to come and see them for 2 reasons. First, most of the trees are pecan and unlike live oaks (another popular tree in our area) drop …
How to Start Your Bird LogA Bonafide Amateur!
Austin Kleon in his 2014 book Show Your Work quotes C.S. Lewis about being an Amateur. The fellow pupil can help more than the master because he knows less. The difficulty we want him to explain is one he has recently met. The expert met it so long ago he has forgotten C.S. Lewis h.t. to Austin …
A Bonafide Amateur!2021 - The Year of the Personal Blog
Fall of 2019 I deleted my facebook account. Fall of 2020 I deleted my instagram account. I never looked back. Do not doubt that there was an addiction. It took a week for me to stop wanting to pick up my phone and look at what is going. It was not just “The election” or “Covid fatigue” - It is that …
2021 - The Year of the Personal Blog