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I usually leave my phone at home when I go out. If I have it with me, everything but the phone ringtone is in silent mode. So unless I get a call I'm not notified on anything. I'll look for message etc whenever I feel like it.
Nothing sucks. Sure, modern life seems to be build around them, but there often is another way. We managed many many decades without them.
It's great living your day just here and now with whatever surrounds you at the moment.
true, but when i said this in another thread multiple folks told me what an asshole I was being for leaving my phone at home. because it's rude, inconsiderate, and abusive to people who might need to talk to me right now, this instance, it can't wait, and how dare I not reply asap.
Then I also missed the memo that said we have to be available 24/7
(24/7 availability only happens when I'm on stand-by for work. That is less than 6x a year, for one week, on a separate phone and they pay dearly for me carrying it around )