Phoneaholics Anonymous: Recent Episodes
Phoneaholics Anonymous
Smartphones are mixed blessing, promising convenience, connection, and efficiency. At the same time, they are engineered to promote and sustain addictive behavior. For years we have struggled against the pull of technology and looked for ways to use our smartphones more wisely. ¬We’d like to share with you some of the strategies we’ve found and implemented in our quest to find out what “wise technology-use” means. We invite your contributions as we figure this out together. This podcast will provide weekly tips/challenges to help you use your smartphone more wisely. Each week we will provide a new tip/challenge that addresses behavior change, offers alternatives, or other practices that others grappling with this problem have found helpful. To suggest your own tips and feedback please email us at phoneaholicsanonymous@gmail.com
In this episode, we discuss taking the Smartphone Compulsion Test and some symptoms of phone addiction that stand out to us. We also discuss why any of this matters to us. Feel free to email us at phoneaholicsanonymous@gmail.com for any feedback, tips,...
In this episode, we discuss how to manage interruptions on your phone, including notifications, calls, and messages. We discuss the iPhone's screentime / downtime / communication limits and how we use them. As always, feel free to email...
In this episode, we talk about taking a break every hour or so to look at a plant, tree, or other nature.
This week, we chat with our first guest on the show, AJ Rice. AJ is the founder of Privo Mobile, a dumb phone designed for kids with a modern user experience and interface.AJ's tip of the week for parents/kids is to start gradually-- tech usage doesn't...
This week, we discuss intentionally scheduling non-phone/technology related activities such as taking walks, reading books, playing games, etc. to do without phones. The premise of this is to be present and commit to whatever we choose to do.
In this episode, we introduce keeping a technology sabbath day either once a week, month, or year-- whatever works for you. Mentioned in the episode:Nyepi - Day of Silence in Bali Email us at phoneaholicsanonymous@gmail.com with any tips or feedback!
In this episode, we reflect on how scheduling technology / phone time throughout our days worked for us last week. We also introduce this week's tip of turning your phone to grayscale mode. Check out this link for the how-to and more tips as well:...
In this episode, we reflect on a hectic week in the world and how that relates to our phone / digital consumption. This week, we invite you to try scheduling technology "breaks" throughout the day, so that those are the only times you check...
In this episode, we recap on last week's tip of turning your phone off at night and also introduce a second tip - keeping your phone out of reach (and out of sight!). Email any tips / feedback to phoneaholicsanonymous@gmail.com.
In this episode we introduce ourselves and describe the first tip/challenge: turn your phone off at night.