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jazz  ·  3435 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Could you live without a computer or smartphone?

Do a little experiment. Calm down for 10 seconds and try to think of as little as possible.

Now imagine you get an email, a message on Facebook or any other notification.

How does that make you feel? If you're like me a few month ago, it might stress you out and you might feel an urge to read it. That's when I turned off nearly all (regular calls ring normally) notifications.

It's not an abstinence from technology, but it is indeed a quieter life. Checking everything when it's a good time for me instead of constantly being ripped from my current train of thought by notifications makes all the difference to me.