I will admit, I haven't totally avoided using my smartphone. I have found it necessary to check the weather before I leave the house, or to see when the next bus or streetcar is coming. While this is technically cheating, I don't really believe it's a problem. The reason I went into this was to avoid the more addictive qualities of technology. Quickly checking the weather or ETA is informative and convenient, but addictive it is not.
As I have said, I needed access to my e-mail this month for various work purposes and communication. And I need to be able to type in order to document the process as well. So my contact with my phone is greatly reduced. What I have noticed when I do go to use it for utilitarian purposes is that it feels hard to use and foreign to me, like I recently acquired one for the first time. I get annoyed at it very easily and I feel using it to be a nuisance. It's gone back to being a tool I use, but unlike a wrench or roll of tape, one I view with increasing belligerence.
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