How To Create a Happy Life Outside Your Phone

I got my first smartphone when I was 13. I remember the feeling of happiness that I had because I did not have to say goodbye to any of my friends and leave my parent’s computer. I was finally going to be online all the time. From that moment, I never stopped using my phone. I took it everywhere. To school (even though it was forbidden), to the church, to the bathroom, I slept with it under my pillow; I just never was without my phone. I became a zombie of my phone. There were moments when it was wrong using it, but I managed to use it anyways. I never felt like it needed a break, even when the situation called for it, and I’ve always been proud of the times I could get away with it when I shouldn’t have used it. The consequences began two years later. School finished every day at 4 pm, and it was impossible to focus after that time. I couldn’t do chores or homework, and I had no energy for anything. So I just ate dinner and used my phone until I fell asleep. I didn’t understand why, but I could only do homework in the morning when no one was awake. I used to wake up at 4 or 5 am every day to study for tests and do my homework for the day. Now I know that was because <a href="https://www.baptisthealth.com/blog/family-health/how-social-media-affects-attention-span#:~:text=If%20you%20think%20you're,35%2D40%20minutes%20a%20day." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">I was overstimulated</a> and lost my focus. So the mornings were the only moment to do any other activity that didn’t involve my phone. I simply managed to make everything else work so I could keep using my phone instead of stopping using it so I could work on everything else because I never saw it as a real problem until this year. <a href="https://betterhumans.pub/how-to-create-a-happy-life-outside-your-phone-ef1d1d3080ff">Click Here</a>