**Update at bottom**
I recently downgraded my communication device to a stupid phone. I feel that while the phones are getting smarter and smarter, people appear to get stupider and stupider. I had been milling over the idea for a while now and I finally made the switch about a month and a half ago. I specifically chose one of the most basic and simple phones I could find. Just a basic flip phone with only talk, text, and voicemail.
I chose to do a downgrade because I was getting hopelessly distracted and upset by all of the dumb media in the world today. I found myself spending way too much time scrolling down on various news and social media websites with no real purpose or aim. I would then worry about everything else in the world except for what is really important. I also started getting bitter at the blatant falseness, how people eat it up, and how people behave with each other. I started becoming more and more of a troll.
I feel the modern smartphone is just like America in general, an overly complicated, super expensive, mostly pointless idea. Don’t get me wrong I loved my I Tele and all of it’s features that I barely ever used… Let’s face it they sell us on the fact that they make us think we need all these fancy little widgets and apps to do everyday stuff when we got along just fine without all that crap before. All Smartphones have done is create an overly entitled society that has no patients and ultimately destroys any need or desire to work for anything. Smart phones further remove us from the value of hard work and setting goals, when we can just look anything up at any time or buy anything at a moments notice, it diminishes our sense of satisfaction and achievement. True, I will admit, smartphones help productive people be more productive, however people who use them correctly are already usually ahead of the curve in the productivity and information area anyways. The device itself won’t make a lazy person any more active or motivated, quite the opposite. There is an overall lack of enthusiasm and motivation in the modern world today. I believe it is linked to the westernized worlds fixation and attachment on our little screens.
There are maybe a thousand or so people on the whole planet who absolutely need a smartphone for their everyday life. You and I are not one of them. It’s pretty sad that people are willing to shell out 700 plus dollars once a year or every other year for a mobile communication device. It’s even sadder that they make us feel we have to, to stay current or up to date. It’s only getting worse as well, the new Iphone X announced recently and they are touting it as being the first device to carry a 1000+ dollar price tag for the flagship model. It has a bunch of new gizmos and gimmicks that are sure to have people shelling out big bucks when it launches. The smartphone craze is going nowhere anytime soon.
My personal infatuation with them is slowly going away. I am pulling out the stupid phone for no reason less and less. I used to open my phone and open the internet application and then scroll down so often, it became a habit. It has been interesting to open the phone everyday and there is no apps at all, not even internet.
I have already noticed my motivation levels have increased, while my stress levels have been much lower. I don’t stress out about dumb internet bullshit! It’s nice really. I have been more productive overall with my studies, and with my spare time I have read like two books and it has only been a little over a month. I have been more willing to get out of my house, and have been doing other chores and cleaning activities that I normally would be too lazy or distracted to do. I hope to notice a real difference when the more difficult homework starts here in a couple weeks.
I will continue to document my quality of life in these Blog posts but for now everything seems to be going well. I like it and it has not become annoying to not have a modern smart phone. It hasn’t really forced any genuine communication yet because stupid text messaging is still the preferred method of communication in today’s world. I do miss the nice Camera and Map application and those will be the hardest to get over. I forgot to write down directions the other day, for the first time since middle school, and had to call my friend to get directions to his house. So little things I am finding out are definitely more convenient with the smartphones but there is still nothing that I cannot look up on my computer when I get home. I have to remember to look up locations and directions before I leave. All in all, I rarely need to know anything right that instant, lest talk to anyone right at that moment any time anywhere.. I don’t think I am that important really..
Well thanks for reading, have a good day, and let’s make the future better by communicating better with each other. Much love!
Hey there I upgraded back to a smart phone at the beginning of January. Please read my update blog! Thank you! https://thebottomlessblog.com/2018/01/27/upgraded-and-updated-back-to-the-smartphone/