I know that all of us are guilty of using our phones excessively. In fact, since I started using phone, my parents have been complaining and yelling at me for always forgetting everything around me the moment there is a phone in my hand.
My mom will say, 'Don't burn down this house one day because of your phone.' I'm so attached to my phone that even when I am sleeping, it is beside me. Any small sound, and I will pick it up to check if it's a notification.My phone became my boyfriend.
It was bad that even though we had agreed to go out once my phone was fully charged. Don't worry, I am not going out again. If I follow you out, that means my battery is low and my power bank is not fully charged.But then something happened that made me realize that of a truth what everybody is saying about my giving too much attention to my phone.
My ex-boyfriend back then was always complaining that I'm on my phone 24/7 and that he doesn't see what I use it for that is productive. He thought I am just wasting data while others use it to make money. Those words touched me, although he thought it would help me reduce my screen time, but instead, it made it worse when I started making TikTok videos and going live.
The worst was when I decided to join oppo live, which was not for the faint-hearted. It wasn't as easy as they made it look. In fact, it was another level of challenge. Let's leave it there.One day I was coming back from the airport after dropping off my friend, my phone was stolen, and I had an email that I was supposed to reply to that would yield money for me.
I wanted to run mad that night. I decided to go home and block my account because my bank app was on the phone and the sim card was there too. But before I could get home, everything was gone. My entire savings were gone. I fell into deep depression. I regret not listening to my mom about using my phone in transit when it's not a call or an important message I'm replying to.
Nobody in my house agreed to lend me money to buy another phone, and I didn't have a job at that time. Even the money that could have bought me a phone disappeared just like that. I went without a phone for 6 months.
Until my friend, whom I dropped off at the airport, found out and bought me another phone, I couldn't even leave my phone at home and go out. When I moved to the city and joined a hive, I was about to become an addict again, but then I cautioned myself.
Another reason why I can manage without my phone is when I noticed I was having constant migraines and my eyes started hurting. Nobody advised me, if I feel sleepy I put the phone down and sleep, without struggling to finish watching a movie or chatting.
I have disciplined myself to go for 3 or even 4 hours without my phone. I don't feel the need to check any messages you send, I won't open them.
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