Maybe you’re like me and your relationship with your iPhone has become codependent. Maybe you need an Apple Watch.
Here’s how it’s worked for me, tell me if it sounds familiar. Your phone is no longer a tool to help you save time. Yes, you can thumb-type texts and emails to everyone you know. Those of us who remember busy signals, answering machines, and phone tag appreciate the wonder of texting. Thanks to cell phones, we can live three very efficient lives, all on fast-forward.
But that’s not always good news. Despite your phone’s multi-tasking potential, it has somehow become the biggest time sucker in your life. I know it has in mine.
Maybe this is because our bodies are not wired to live three lives on fast-forward. Constantly texting, emailing, tweeting, and accomplishing fries our minds. Eventually your brain needs some white noise, a way to stop connecting, and accomplishing.
And this is where your phone transforms into a time sucker. You read stupid Buzzfeeds, look at the Facebook pictures of a girl you haven’t talked to since seventh grade, and play Candy Crush.
When you finally emerge from the wasteland of social media, you’re bleary-eyed and frustrated. And realize you’ve just wasted an hour of that time you saved. I hate the guilt of these social-media hangovers. Why can’t I just say no to something I know is a waste of time, guaranteed to make me feel bad?
So, I got an Apple Watch, hoping to cut the proverbial cord to my phone. And it’s worked! I can text and email, but there’s no absolutely no abyss to enter. The Apple Watch is all about glances–getting and receiving information quickly. Think of it as running along the Internet’s shore, rather than wading deep into the waves of distraction. The Apple Watch is the tool my iPhone is supposed to be.
Now, I’m happy to report I’m codependent no more. I’ve broken up with my phone. I text, email, and call, all from my Watch.
As a bonus, my Apple Watch even tells me the time.
Which I absolutely have more of lately.
AWESOME. Good for you. The GPS on my phone is the one thing I really couldn’t live without. But I suppose there is an alternate device for that.
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