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Cutting down on my smartphone usage - Part 2 by vincentnijman

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· @vincentnijman ·
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Cutting down on my smartphone usage - Part 2
![IMG_0403.PNG](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/vincentnijman/qJ1XXDrt-IMG_0403.PNG)

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#### If I need to believe my phone ( phone paranoia is setting in! ), I used it 28% less over the last 7 days, since [I started cutting down on its usage](https://steemit.com/mindfulness/@vincentnijman/cutting-down-on-my-smartphone-use).  
<br> I hear it begging and screaming to touch it, to spend more time with it, to keep it closer to me, but - instead -  I try to ignore it as much as I can, by going back to the breath over and over again or hiding my head underneath my pillow.

For those of you who don't understand Portuguese ( my phone's language is set on Portuguese to remind myself that I live in Portugal ), here's an explanation of the first picture:

**Over the last 7 days, I have:**

- used my phone 2 hours and 35 minutes a day

( 28% less than the week before )

Most of the time has been spent on social activities; Discord, where I stay in touch with fellow Steemians and Whalesharians and Whatsapp where I stay in touch with family and friends.

**Now let's continue with the next screenshot:**

![IMG_0404.PNG](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/vincentnijman/R5rPwg4H-IMG_0404.PNG)

then Telegram, which I recently started using, merely to talk and learn about cryptocurrency with fellow freedom fighters.

One hour and 10 minutes has been spent on *Calm*. 7 x 10 minutes of ( daily ) guided meditation. 

41 minutes were spent listening to Spotify. I seriously cut down on that. Not because I want to but mainly because I have been pretty occupied with other things and because I can also listen to it while on my laptop ( right now, while working on this write up for instance )

![IMG_0405.PNG](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/vincentnijman/ZUr4edKX-IMG_0405.PNG)

**As can be seen on this third screenshot, I activated my screen 57 times a day on average. I can definitely lower that number. Part of it has to do with not getting notifications ( as I switched most off ) but the biggest chunk of it is just habitual. I merely check Whatsapp and Discord, not much else. I guess that's alright, it's all connected to social behavior.** 

**Last but not least: Notifications**

![IMG_0406.PNG](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/vincentnijman/mJpbgVDx-IMG_0406.PNG)

I only received 49 of them, in total, averaging 7 a day, that's almost nothing :>)

And of those 49, 16 came from Calm; reminding me to meditate and to go to sleep. Eleven are from YouTube. No need for that. I can and will ( and just did ) switch those off.

#### To summarize all the above, I am happy with the cutting down so far. I did not even focus on it that hard, it almost happened automatically. And just to show that it isn't a one week thing, I will do my best to cut down even more over the next 7 days.

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**TO BE CONTINUED**
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@feelx ·
Een goeie hulp is (tromgeroffel)... een aantal app's er af kieperen...
Ik heb geen discord, facebook, telegram, etc erop staan...
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@vincentnijman ·
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discord werkt niet op mn laptop en gebruik ik veel, onder andere voor groepsmeditatie. Telegram kan ik ook niet zonder maar verder ben ik het met je eens :>)
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@karinxxl ·
ow dude I dont even want to know what my screen time is and on what.... it should ver.....confronterend :D
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@vincentnijman ·
Hahaha! Perhaps you should check it out. We all need a wake up call every now and then ( talking about wake up calls, check out my latest ( movie ) post :>)

P.S. I just switched my phone off and put it in a drawer, will turn it on again tomorrow.
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@lionsuit ·
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Smart move. 
Power and energy to you on this one.
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Cheers! The phone might think it's smart but I am even smarter than it's A.I. It won't outsmart me ;>)
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Agree. Go within! Tap that deep inner smarts. "Smart tech" may just be a shadow of a memory of our true human potential... or maybe just shiny, bright objects with easy baseball score access.

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@riverflows ·
It is amazing how our phones have become another appendage. There are some things that I would find it hard to sacrifice comma like listen to music or checking the surf report. I also love talking to people online as you do so it would be hard to cut down on that too. Going back to the breath is such a good way to keep your attention focused. I have found the trick is to go on the phone in blocks rather than constantly check it. I also try to leave it behind sometimes.

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@vincentnijman ·
They are definitely like an extra, mutated limb. Not necessarily a healthy one but it can be fun to use too.

Going on the phone in blocks sounds like an interesting thing to do. I might give that a try one of these days 

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@ryivhnn ·
Sounds like cutting down the phone is going well :D

Maybe you need to uninstall or silence whatever is doing all that screaming though? XD I do understand that though, most of the time when I'm poinlessly playing with my phone is whenever I have to deal with something I don't want to do just then (though it's not just the phone that's used for procrastination, I could literally do anything, and sometimes I will procrastinate something I need to do by doing something else I need to do so it doesn't count, right?! XD)

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@veryspider ·
You are showing others that it is possible to take control of our screen time ! :D Really neat <3

Looking forward to the next part :)
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@vincentnijman ·
It's always nice if we can help other people when helping ourselves, right? Thank you for your kind words :>)
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