How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
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Introduction
Imagine you’re in the year 1876. The very first telephone call has just been made. You are there to witness it all, along with adoring crowds, soaking in the grand moment. Could you have imagined a day would soon come when almost every living soul on Earth would possess one of these ‘magical’ devices? Fast forwarding to today, that is exactly what has transpired. There are over 6.9 billion mobile phone users worldwide - in fact, more people own phones...
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The 30-Day Breakup Plan - Transforming Your Relationship with Your Phone Part 1
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The 30-Day Breakup Plan - Transforming Your Relationship with Your Phone Part 2
Days 15-18: Mindfulness and ConcentrationWhenever you feel the urge to check your phone on Days 15 & 16, stop and take a few deep breaths. Pay attention to your surroundings and your thoughts and feelings. Ask yourself if you really need to check your phone, or if you're just checking it out of habit. This behaviour helps develop control over unnecessary phone usageAs you move into days 17 and 18, start focusing on building up your focus. Simple concentration exercises...
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Summary
Breaking up with your phone is a challenge that requires self-awareness, commitment, and actual motivation to drive change. "How to Break Up with Your Phone" offers invaluable insights into understanding what lies beyond phone addiction and provides practical strategies to deal with the addiction and reclaim your life while improving your overall well-being. By implementing the lessons from this book, you can control your phone rather than your phone controlling you. This will not only enhance your brain performance but...
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About the Author
Nn award-winning health and science journalist, speaker, founder of Screen/Life Balance, and bestselling author of books including How to Break Up With Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life, The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again, and Vitamania: How Vitamins Revolutionized the Way We Think About Food. Her journalistic work has been featured in publications including The Best American Science Writing, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate, and Popular Science, and her TED talk on fun was the 2nd most viewed for all of 2022.
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