I will be documenting life without a smartphone

A year ago now I decided to delete social media and limit my phone time by a lot. I just tried to avoid it at all costs aha.. This is because I found myself procrastinating my own life and instead of living i was scrolling. It was scary to see that hours had gone by and I had mindlessly scrolled reels for the whole time. The feeling of laying in bed and doing nothing became so comforting that it led me to not want to do anything at all because I always had the option to just do nothing (and it was much easier).

But in reality, although it may seem like it in the moment it is NOT easier to sit there and do nothing as you have to sit there and watch your goals not being met and your potential not being achieved. That feeling will never be worth the comfort for me.

I had goals and aspirations, I always have but I would just procrastinate. Being in a loop of procrastination is the WORST feeling ever and It came to the point where I had enough of myself and I wanted to fully live my life and feel present in every waking moment.

When I decided I would stop my consumption all together I realised just how addicted I was to my phone. It was a scary reality but it was a reminder that I will never forget. I have of course over the past year logged onto my accounts and checked in on what's going on but that didn't start until a good few months after my initial detox.

But recently I have slipped back into old habits, not quite the same as they used to. I will always get all of my college work done but it's not the same as when you feel present and you're not constantly anticipating when you'll finally be able to sit on your phone and do nothing.

So I have found that removing this option all together is required for me to live my life. I find that instead I am looking forward to my college work as I get to create fun new things, write and experiment.

I also have a number of personal goals and projects that I would like to do in my free time like this website for example!! Learning html and css is so fun and rewarding when you get to see your website grow. it's completely your own creation and a reflection of you.

Despite my very apparent dislike towards social media in this blog I am in no way anti internet I LOVE THE INTERNET it's an amazing tool, a great place for self expression and creativity it's just sad that a lot of aspects of technology today are designed to keep you addicted and things like short form content and social media is no longer a cool and fun environment to share your personality, it is now completely in control of our lives...

So that is why I recently bought a flip phone and it is on its way!!

I decided to get the SHARP SH-02L AQUOS KEITAI 2 in pink (obvs) because it has a perfectly limited set of features that I think will truly optimise my life. It can connect to 4g which is really cool so if i need to use the internet in an emergency when I am out I can.

I enjoy how calm and at ease I feel when I am not being overstimulated by social media. I'm sure that if you yourself is reading this have ever deleted your social media then you would understand exactly what I mean!!

I actually can't wait to be on a call with someone and then SNAP my phone closed at the end of the convo and go on with my day like...YES thanks. I will show my phone when it arrives and I will see if I can download any custom content onto it.. I know you can download cursors and apple music and things like that!! So It will be fun to experiment with all the features I can customise!!

Anyway this is it for my first blog... I hope it was entertaining and not too convoluted!! Bye bye!!