That’s a wise choice, David. I have fallen temptation to pulling out my phone “just” to check the time, but then of course one thing leads to another. I have friends who have the actual iPhone watches, but so far I haven’t even wanted one. It’s tempting enough to have a phone in my back pocket, but if it was on my wrist, I might never look up. ha.

This is so true. Good suggestions too. I have started wearing my wristwatch again (had been using the phone as a kind of 21st century pocket watch) and, when not using the phone, placing it well out of reach.

David

Thank you, Ifeoma. I appreciate you sharing!

What a wonderful idea to share it with your kids, Amy. As much as we “older” folks need to get a grip on this, the younger ones have an even larger challenge since it’s all they’ve ever known.

Sounds like you have your priorities in the right place, June. I hope to get to the place where I forget where I put my phone. For now, I have to intentionally set it aside, but I am doing better about that anyway so I’ll claim some measure of success. 🙂 I’m not particularly addicted to it, but I still would like to use it less. Thanks for sharing this, friend!

I love hearing the good boundaries that people have set up for themselves, and you definitely have many good ones, Nylse! I will continue to use my phone for various things as well (I use the timer and calculator feature a lot, ha) so we don’t have to throw the baby out with the bathwater. It’s all about boundaries. Thanks for sharing here your balanced approach.