How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life | 
pickI appreciate that the book took a practical approach to the average person's relationship to their smartphone: not suggesting you get rid of it, as it can be a useful tool and source of entertainment, but reassess your relationship with it. Liked the structure, half 'why it can be bad' and half 'how you can make it better'. Language could be a bit dramatic, but the scholarship was well sourced. Not crazy about the couple of dieting metaphors.
My mind is having such a good time with the visual of this analogy. Memorable!
pickMy daughter has this as assigned reading so I thought I would read it too. It doesn‘t really dive into cyber bullying, etc., which is the largest concern for her age group. It did offer a lot of helpful insight and advice about breaking unhealthy habits with phones.
Total disclosure: if I wasn‘t in my phone so much, I would be much more productive in life and I could get back to my original love, READING. My brain hurts with so much screen time. Its time to break up with the phone (social media).
pickBook 25📚 - 4⭐️
I have been trying to use my phone less and there are some great tips to help minimize the temptation in this book!
Also a very helpful 30 day guide for anyone just starting!
pickIt‘s a quick read (or in my case, listen). I felt it was very informative without being repetitive or dense. The author presents lots of good info and tips. I wish I had a physical copy so that I could reference it. I recommend.
Here is my summer reading stack for #15books15weeks . I had trouble editing down to 15, so included a few extra options. 😊 @TheHeartlandBookFairy This will also be my June #bookspin stack, starting with the Roz Chast memoir on the bottom as No. 1. @TheAromaofBooks
so-soVery technical the first half. Second half is very good if you are looking for ways to be less connected to technology.
pickHaha, I realize the irony of posting about this book on an app. But this is actually not about not using your phone at all, but about setting boundaries and establishing a healthy relationship with your phone. While I didn't follow the whole 30 day breakup routine she outlines, I did do some of the things she suggested, taking things with a grain of salt. Price has a background in mindfulness and meditation which is also part of the approach.
pickI read this book a while ago but it still has an effect on me today. I absolutely loved it. This book offers realistic goals to the reader and explains why your phone can be so hard to quit. I recommend this to anyone wanting a healthier relationship with their phone!
I‘m trying to do better about pursuing things that renew me. Today, that looks like Captain America leggings, ice water with lemon, interesting books, a journal, and my reading nook until it‘s time to go to church and hang with some preschoolers. I‘m trying to be on my phone less and in the things that bring me joy more.
What are your Saturday plans, friends?
pickThis was a surprisingly good read! Part One focuses on how our phones are designed to addict us and what the impact of that is. Part Two outlines a simple, practical 30 day plan for better managing your relationship with your phone. I have already implemented some of the strategies!
I really liked that the author advocated for realistic healthy phone use instead of expecting people to completely give up the good parts of phones with the bad.
pickI'm already pretty good about thoughtful phone usage (and screen time in general), so I was really just reading this to be sociable in an online book club. I was especially interested in the brain science early in the book. The actual 30-day process isn't that spectacular, but it might be more helpful or appealing to someone who's really looking for guidance. I'm going to see if I can get my hubby to read it, too. 😉 Between pick & so-so.
"When you're out to dinner with friends and everyone else is on their phones, try taking a photo of them on their devices and then texting it to them with a note saying, 'I miss you!'"
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"...spending extended time on them has the power to change both the structure and the function of our brains—including our abilities to form new memories, think deeply, focus, and absorb and remember what we read." [continued in first comment]
Hello!! Anyone missed me?
My phone I had broke so I gave it up for a week which means I was phone less and litsy-less for 7 days, but I survived!! It was actually nice without a phone and I literally did not miss it at all, but I did miss seeing everyone‘s posts here, as some may know I been actively goodreads the whole time on computer lol
So now I have a new phone (ran into some phone complications at first) but I‘m here ☺️❤️
February Reads
1. Fierce Kingdom Gin Phillips
2. The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware
3. Never Wave Goodbye Doug Magee
4. How to Stop Time Matt Haig
5. How to Break up With Your Phone Catherine Price
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Book mail is the best mail! Do you use Blogging for Books? When I saw this book, I knew I needed to read it!
Almost finished this book. Definitely worth the read. This quote made me giggle out loud! 😂
“Checking your phone is like picking your nose: there‘s nothing wrong with it, but no one should have to watch you do it.”
Be present and give the people in your life the attention they deserve. 😊❤️👍🏻
So far a great read!! An eye opener 👀
So far a great read. Anyone who always has their phone in their pocket should definitely check this one out.
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