Stop externalising your life

Re:Stop externalising your life by unethical_ban on Thursday April 04, 2013 @11:22AM (#5493166)

I am likely preaching to the choir here, but the following is true. If you don't like this 'externalization' discussed by the author, try this:

Keep your phone off of your body more often.

Going to get a haircut, or go to the mall for an hour? Leave the phone in the car. It is really freeing; you do not realize the subtle impact of that phone/pager/digital watch constantly on the verge of maybe someone messaging you.

Try it out once or twice, especially if it sounds like it'd be tough.

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Re:Stop externalising your life by kevinrpope on Thursday April 04, 2013 @02:30PM (#5494369)

I've started doing this and I can't agree more. It's extremely freeing when you realize that you don't need to be at the beck and call of your phone and email all the time. It also makes those times when your phone runs out of juice much easier to handle.

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