Use your cell-phone like a land-line. Don’t answer your phone when you are spending time with your friends or family unless it is an emergency or your were expecting the call. In fact, don’t carry your phone with you throughout the day if you’re not anticipating a crisis of some kind. Turn your phone off at night. Make designated times for phone conversation with people you care about. Stop sending text messages. De-activate this function from your phone, both outgoing in incoming. It takes an incredible amount of energy and electricity to power your cell phone - and all the information it exchanges. Control the way you use technology! This goes for email too - try checking your email once a week, or once a day, if once a week is impossible. Then, set aside one chunk of time to respond to emails, instead of multiple times throughout the day. This will allow for more time for other (more physical) activities. Also, your eyes will appreciate it! And again, you will save power from not using your computer and the internet so often.
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This post was submitted by charlotte sullivan.
And this also keeps you from becoming addicted to a practice that leaves you feeling empty. I don’t have a cell phone but with regard to email, I had built up an addiction that was starting to make me feel lonely. So, to help solve the issue, I try to only check my emails (and respond to them) once a day. Maybe eventually I will be able to cut back more.
Comment by Francesca — September 16, 2009 @ 8:35 pm