I held out for a really long time before getting a smartphone when I was in college and I remember feeling like I was the only intelligent person in the room sometimes. They would all be glued to their phones and I remember the feeling of pure annoyance that they were staring at those things...again. I obviously now have a smart phone, but I think about this a lot now that I have small kids. I hate when I find myself scrolling when I should be interacting with my boys. I for sure want to do better.
Thanks for sharing: definitely easier said than done when it comes to the scrolling trap. It's crazy to think about how normalized hourly (minute-ly?) device usage has become for Gen Z/Gen Alpha vs Millennials/Gen X.
I held out for a really long time before getting a smartphone when I was in college and I remember feeling like I was the only intelligent person in the room sometimes. They would all be glued to their phones and I remember the feeling of pure annoyance that they were staring at those things...again. I obviously now have a smart phone, but I think about this a lot now that I have small kids. I hate when I find myself scrolling when I should be interacting with my boys. I for sure want to do better.
Thanks for sharing: definitely easier said than done when it comes to the scrolling trap. It's crazy to think about how normalized hourly (minute-ly?) device usage has become for Gen Z/Gen Alpha vs Millennials/Gen X.
Reminds me of doomscrolling— something people talk about a lot on tiktok
This is solid writing. I'll be exploring the writings you mentioned. Thank you!