{"id":7388,"date":"2018-06-30T23:04:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T21:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smama.blog\/ono-cega-se-mozemo-odreci\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T19:48:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T17:48:33","slug":"how-to-reduce-phone-addiction-live-mindfully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smama.blog\/en\/how-to-reduce-phone-addiction-live-mindfully\/","title":{"rendered":"What Can We Actually Give Up?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"3:1-3:299;33-331\">It&#8217;s clear that we live in a liberal capitalist, or consumer society, where the need to constantly want or need something is very deeply ingrained in us. The only question is whether we&#8217;re aware of it or not \u2013 and whether we try to fight it, or at least separate the important from the unimportant.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"5:1-5:321;333-653\">I won&#8217;t be giving you a lecture on sociological and philosophical theories about capitalism and consumer culture \u2013 as I said, we&#8217;re all part of it. What mattered to me here was to examine myself a little and draw a line: <strong>what is it that I use every day and believe I can&#8217;t do without \u2013 when actually I very much can.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"7:1-7:200;655-854\">At the top of the list, for a while now, has been sweets. There was a time when I thought no force in the world could separate me from eating something sweet every day, and in significant quantities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"9:1-9:413;856-1268\">And no \u2013 it wasn&#8217;t a diet that finally convinced me that sweets aren&#8217;t actually that important. (Hats off to people who can stick to diets, but I personally see no point in them.) It was Sofia. Since we&#8217;ve had her \u2013 especially since she eats everything we eat \u2013 we&#8217;ve realised that many things we consume are actually unnecessary (not to say unhealthy). And <em>one<\/em> of those things is definitely &#8220;something sweet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"11:1-11:225;1270-1494\">This doesn&#8217;t mean I&#8217;ve stopped eating anything that contains sugar forever. It just means that <strong>I don&#8217;t need to consume something (industrially) sweet every single day<\/strong> (fruit doesn&#8217;t count \u2013 I&#8217;m an absolute apple addict).<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"13:1-13:44;1496-1539\">Now let&#8217;s wade into slightly deeper waters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2882\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/de.pinterest.com\/sofkinamama\/_created\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2882\" class=\"wp-image-2882 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/smama.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/12082012438-1-scaled-e1781457449492.jpg\" alt=\"12082012438.JPG\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the &#8220;laptop vs smartphone&#8221; duel, the laptop always wins for me!<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\" data-sourcepos=\"19:1-19:41;1694-1734\">Digital detox<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"21:1-21:85;1736-1820\">Let&#8217;s think for a moment about mobile phones \u2013 or &#8220;smartphones,&#8221; to be more precise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"23:1-23:235;1822-2056\">Don&#8217;t come for me just yet \u2013 I use my phone every day. The question is only <strong>whether everything we do on it is actually that urgent and important, or whether it&#8217;s simply stealing our time.<\/strong> I know that&#8217;s not a revolutionary insight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"25:1-25:114;2058-2171\">But let&#8217;s put it this way: <strong>if you had to give up one piece of technology you use every day, what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ml-2 border-l-4 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.1)] pl-4 text-text-300\" data-sourcepos=\"27:1-27:144;2173-2316\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"27:3-27:144;2175-2316\">Or maybe it&#8217;s better to flip the question: <strong>what is the one thing you genuinely couldn&#8217;t imagine life without?<\/strong> And now ask yourself \u2013 why?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"29:1-29:178;2318-2495\">When I asked myself this question, the first thing that came to mind wasn&#8217;t the phone but the <strong>laptop.<\/strong> Compared to the laptop, my mobile phone is completely negligible to me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"31:1-31:213;2497-2709\">I&#8217;m someone who spends most of their day in front of a laptop screen. Since I&#8217;m in the middle of writing my Master&#8217;s thesis, I feel more grateful every day for the era we live in and for the fact that I have one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"33:1-33:130;2711-2840\">Besides work, the laptop is also my main medium for consuming media \u2013 I&#8217;m a series and film lover, and that&#8217;s where I watch them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"35:1-35:219;2842-3060\">Besides, while a phone is a <em>small computer<\/em>, I much prefer the &#8220;big&#8221; one. It&#8217;s more practical and more essential for everything I do professionally and as a hobby. And I genuinely couldn&#8217;t manage long-term without it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"37:1-37:54;3062-3115\">But without the &#8220;smartphone&#8221;? Oh, I absolutely could.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ml-2 border-l-4 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.1)] pl-4 text-text-300\" data-sourcepos=\"39:1-39:143;3117-3259\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"39:3-39:143;3119-3259\">I need it for work and for writing. But to be available to everyone, always and everywhere \u2013 that I really don&#8217;t need to be. Simple as that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\" data-sourcepos=\"41:1-41:45;3261-3305\">Laptop Yes. Smartphone \u2013 Not Necessarily.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"43:1-43:312;3307-3618\">As practical as it is, the smartphone has pulled all of us into a kind of hopelessness. We unlock it automatically, open certain apps, and scroll endlessly \u2013 but mindlessly. In doing so, we&#8217;re not actively taking in what&#8217;s happening around us, however convinced we are that we&#8217;ve become masters of multitasking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"45:1-45:140;3620-3759\">You&#8217;ll also have to admit it&#8217;s quite unpleasant when you try to have a conversation with someone and they&#8217;re staring at their phone screen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"47:1-47:184;3761-3944\">And let&#8217;s not even get started on &#8220;neglecting&#8221; children. Then we wonder why they also want to stare at those little screens all the time, and ask ourselves what we should do about it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ml-2 border-l-4 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.1)] pl-4 text-text-300\" data-sourcepos=\"49:1-49:114;3946-4059\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"49:3-49:114;3948-4059\">Simply: be an example for your child \u2013 because they imitate you first, and then perhaps the people around them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"51:1-51:103;4061-4163\">As useful as social media are \u2013 do they really need to be present 24 hours in our lives? <strong>I say no.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\" data-sourcepos=\"53:1-53:38;4165-4202\">Instagram Deleted. And I Survived.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"55:1-55:26;4204-4229\">I did a small experiment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"57:1-57:441;4231-4671\">I deleted the most-used app from my phone \u2013 Instagram (no, I didn&#8217;t delete the profile, and yes, I&#8217;ll keep using it). The point is that I noticed how <strong>much less often I reach for my phone<\/strong> since I did it. I find myself picking up the phone in moments of boredom, but not knowing what to do with it \u2013 because Instagram and the automatic reflex to open it are simply no longer there, so I put it straight back down beside me or into my bag.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"59:1-59:199;4673-4871\">This way I not only feel more present where I am \u2013 especially when I&#8217;m playing with Sofka \u2013 but I also no longer have those procrastination moments while studying (<em>just a quick peek at Instagram<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"61:1-61:199;4873-5071\">I&#8217;m not some righteous warrior fighting against <em>evil social media<\/em> \u2013 I just want to show you through my own example that only <strong>by becoming aware of the &#8220;problem&#8221; can we influence and control it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\" data-sourcepos=\"63:1-63:59;5073-5131\">Not Available Around the Clock<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"65:1-65:260;5133-5392\">I&#8217;ve taught myself to keep my phone in another room while I work. It doesn&#8217;t distract me even by its mere presence \u2013 and since as a mother I often have a serious problem concentrating, I don&#8217;t let my phone ruin what little concentration I do manage to gather.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ml-2 border-l-4 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.1)] pl-4 text-text-300\" data-sourcepos=\"67:1-67:154;5394-5547\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"67:3-67:154;5396-5547\">Nothing is so urgent that we have to respond this very second \u2013 and if it is, there are other ways to achieve that than obsessively checking the phone.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"69:1-69:213;5549-5761\">For us, that&#8217;s the landline when I&#8217;m home, or email when I&#8217;m at the library \u2013 so my closest people, who matter most to me, know where and how to find me if something is genuinely urgent. Everything else can wait.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"71:1-71:392;5763-6154\">To be clear: I&#8217;m a big technology enthusiast, and professionally I work with new technologies too. But <strong>life has been so much easier and less stressful since I taught myself and the people around me that I&#8217;m not available 24 hours a day.<\/strong> When I sleep, the phone is off. When I work, it&#8217;s in another room. When I spend time with family, it either stays home or doesn&#8217;t come out of the bag.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ml-2 border-l-4 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.1)] pl-4 text-text-300\" data-sourcepos=\"73:1-73:71;6156-6226\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"73:3-73:71;6158-6226\">Nothing is obligatory, and everything is possible \u2013 but by my rules.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" data-sourcepos=\"75:1-75:58;6228-6285\">And what is it that you can&#8217;t or think you could give up?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smama.blog\/odvajati-autora-od-dela\/\"><em>S-Mama<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s clear that we live in a liberal capitalist, or <a href=\"https:\/\/smama.blog\/en\/how-to-reduce-phone-addiction-live-mindfully\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3862],"tags":[3936,3932,3933,3937,3938,3935,3934],"class_list":["post-7388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marginalia","tag-being-present","tag-digital-detox","tag-healthier-living","tag-instagram-detox","tag-laptop-vs-smartphone","tag-mindful-consumption","tag-phone-addiction"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Can We Actually Give Up? - S-Mama Mima<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How to reduce phone addiction and live more mindfully. 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