Tell me if this sounds familiar: You’re getting up to start your day and wondering what to wear. You want to dress appropriately for the weather so you grab your cell phone to check your weather app. Oh look, you’ve got 3 new emails, 7 text messages, and a handful of social media notifications. Twenty minutes later you realize you need to get going, so you put your cell phone down and head to the shower. Wait, after all that you didn’t even remember to check the forecast.
It all started off innocently enough. Smart phones were high tech and offered lots of handy functions and capabilities that you could take with you wherever you go. Just think of the time savings and convenience! Eighteen years later and we’re all addicted to some extent. Everyone loves their cell phones but hates them at the same time.
How much of a problem have our cell phones become? Enough of a problem that businesses have popped up to help us deal with them. There are apps like aro that are designed to encourage you to spend less time on your phone. There’s a device called Brick that helps you focus and be present by temporarily disabling distracting apps on your phone. A Google search for “digital detox” provides over 89 million results.
Clearly there is a problem. So why would you want to use your cell phone to control even more of your life? I wouldn’t. I really can’t afford to waste 20 minutes every time I want to turn the lights on or off.
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