how to leave phone addiction

How to leave and overcome phone addiction

Few decades ago, the use of cell phone was not in vogue like it is in this 21st century. The few privileged home were able to connect with families and friends with land phones, while phone booths scattered all over the streets. In those era, the use of phones was primarily, for only call making. People do not spend much time with their phones. They can only use the phone only when they want to call someone, or when someone called them. But today, the narratives has changed. Phone, has become an important part of man. It’s almost that man cannot do without their cell phone. No doubt, the improvement in the line of technology, has helped improved the means of communication immensely, through the production of smart phones. Today so many electronic gadget which could originally be produced on its own is today infused into one single gadget called cell phone. With the help of ‘’Operating System’’ in our cell phones, we can access other devices with the help of soft wares, which the Operating System in our phone was being built to house for effective use. Nevertheless, cell phone, today, was built to house radio, television, alarm, calendar, assorted of games, diary, electronic books, internet, encyclopedia, bookkeeping, with other innumerable life changing programs that programmers has developed into software’s which can be installed into our devices. Phones can do virtually everything personal computer used to do. Your phone is a hand computer, which you carried everywhere you go. With all these technological innovations that has come with the development in the capacity of cell phone; you will agree with me that phone was built to make life easy for man. But, on the other hands the misuse of cell phones comes with its negative effects. Everything good has some negative side effect and everything bad has some positive side effect. Frankly the use of advent of cell phones has both the negative and positive side effect. And the sad thing about this is that most people don’t even know that the cell phone they are using is affecting them negatively. While scores know and are trying to break themselves off from the jinx. In the following paragraphs we would be looking at the ways our cellphones affect us negatively and how to manage the adverse effect of the misuse of the device called cellphones. The Effects of Our Phones; *Excessive use of phone, causes eye damage. *excessive use of phone, causes depression. *excessive use of phone, causes short term memory. *excessive use of phones, breaks physical communications among family and friends. *your phone can expose you to toxic information that can destroy you. *giving a cellphone to the underage can help ruin their future. *excessive use of phone, can make one lazy. *phone can make one locked up in a lone world and its self-destruction. *the excessive use of the social media in your phone, can make one grow jealous of other people, while in reality, they are just faking like. *One can spend a lot of productive hours scrolling down the social media, thereby, reducing productivity. *Spending a lot of unnecessary time with your phone can cause you the zeal to workout, thereby, subjecting you to obesity. *Scientific experiment has proven that spending a lot of time answering calls on your cellphone can cause brain tumor, or brain cancer. *Scientific experiment has proven, that putting of cellphones in the trousers pocket can fry the testicles, thereby, causing defect in the male reproductive organs. *being addicted to your phone can cause one his or her social life and it is not a healthy way of living. *uncultured use of phones, can cause you the hours of creative thinking for improvement, in your ventures. We can go on and on, listing to the negative effects of cellphones to mankind; if not properly used for productive purposes. And maintaining the positive sides, for the effective use of cellphone, is one the hardest things to do, in this 21st century. Why? Phone, is like the second brain of mankind that they carry about in their palms. For instance, an average man cannot spell out, off-hand. Like, five contact numbers, in his or her cellphone, while the phone contained hundreds of contact numbers. Most people, use their phones for diary, where they store vital information, schedule and appointment, with automated reminder to inform them on time. Many conduct and attend meetings, seminar, and conference through their smartphones. Some people work and earn their living, through the use of their smartphones. With all these; you will see that it is indeed very hard for mankind to do without cell phone. Cellphone has come to stay, what is required of it further advancement, it’s one of those devices that people will forever depend on, it cannot be ‘’thrown in the dustbin of antiquities of time’’; it call only get advanced. In the following paragraphs we would be looking at how to manage the use of our phone, to be able to curtail the adverse effect of the abuse of the use of our cellphones. Ways to Curtail Cellphone Addiction Just like we discipline ourselves about everything about life. Starting from excessive feeding, we do not because the food is so sweet or rich in all the vital nutrients and mineral overfeed ourselves. We feed with limit and caution, if not, we would be subjecting ourselves to health challenges emanating from over feeding our body, with unverified nutrition. *before you pick up your phone, verify within yourself the purpose of picking the phone. There are addictive software’s on your phones that could make you pick up your cellphone unconsciously, and before you know it you are their accessing the program. All these software program are unique to individuals, so before you pick up your cellphone; examine your mind why you are picking up the phone; if not you will have yourself being controlled by your phone in a negative way. *Lock up those Software’s you are addicted to with a hard pin-code. When you are willing to fight your way off being addicted to your cellphones, you need to lock those few software’s you are addicted to with a hard pin-code. To act like reminder each time you want to unconsciously use the app. *Your phone should not be The First Thing You touch in the Morning. This is one of the best practices for fighting phone addiction. The first thing you do unconsciously, in the morning, when you wake up, has a big influence over you and that’s how human brain works. And to achieve this do not charge your phone at night in the room where you sleep. Try to keep it far away from your bedroom. By doing this the urge 0f waking up and carrying your phone immediately, would be subsidized by the time you remembered that you have to go the sitting room to pick up your phone, during this processing your conscious mind would have taken control of the involuntarily, unconscious action of waking up and picking up your phone, immediately. *Schedule When And The Time You Will Spend On The Social Media. Social media apps, are one the most addictive software’s on your cellphone. More especially in this information age, that everyone wants to be updated every now and then, about the happenings all around the world; and the social media does justice to that. Many things goes on, on the social media, the breaking news, beautiful articles, beautiful women, fashion, trends, music, breathtaking skits, sports, cultures, politics, religion, etc., social media, is the world of its own. You can never be bored in it. And that is how it also kills your productive time and creative thinking time. To be able to manage social media, effectively, schedule the time, and how long you would be on the apps, be disciplined enough, not to exceed the time. *turn off, email, social media, news apps, notification button. Turning on your notification button could be a big distractions, see your cellphone as the device you can access when you want to. Be in control of when and the time you want to access your cellphone. Don’t give it the power to compel you to access it. It even applies to answering calls on your phones, you can decide to ignore an incoming calls, and call back at the time suitable for you. *Be careful of the Content you read on your phone. You must not read every content you see on your phone, be mindful of what you read. Sort for the kind of information you want to access, avoid popped up content, most of them are meant to corrupt your mind, or to destroy the content of your value system. *Keep your phone away from you, when you are at home. Our cellphones, is rubbing us of the precious moments we should be spending with our family members. We must make it a priority that we give each members of our family the quality time, and the affection they deserved. The cellphone if not properly managed, becomes a selfish monster that eats up the time we should be sharing with our family, and it is totally unacceptable. It’s not good at all, that some should at home with the family yet so far away from the family. It’s only the cellphone that can make it possible. You will see husband and wife, together in one bed, facing both sides pressing phone, without out having a mutual conversation; thereby making the couple emotionality alienated from each other.