I admire your phone free life, we recently got an electronic medical record which is great but I’m always on my phone obsessively checking things even though it won’t change the outcome.
Really enjoying reading about your journey.
As someone who aims to have bear cubs of my own, I owe them my undivided attention!
Thank you so much for saying so! I really appreciate it.
That’s so interesting about your phone checking… Although a tonne is written about scrolling TikTok, my own experience is that it’s been checking/fixing really boring things that has pulled me to the phone repeatedly. And work seems to be in the dead centre of it - not actually doing work or anything to do with a colleague… Exactly as you describe, checking some weird work process that doesn’t need to be checked.
And yes, definitely worth giving it a bit of thought before the bear cubs come along! I don’t want to be overdramatic, but not getting to grips with this sooner (in all its fascinating complexity) is my number one regret when it comes to the first decade I spent with my kids.
Thank you for your wisdom, I’m going to follow after I finish my time at this hospital. I think your journey has confirmed that frequent phone checking to do work just means you spend less happiness with your family!
Hey! Thanks so much for getting in touch! Really hope you enjoy reading
Brick phone! Very jealous. Never felt able to do it. Maybe one day if my job changes. I'll bet would have saved me a lot of drama! How have you found it?
yeah i've found the brick phone great! i just use my laptop for functional stuff (whatsapp, banking, emails, etc) so i feel free with my brickphone. your recent post about Boethius - i relate to that
Being 60 helps! Despite 33 years in IT, I now find the phone more challenging to use and understand than a mainframe (the big computer the banks use)!
PS Loved the line "What if the tool I need… is looking like a tool?"
I admire your phone free life, we recently got an electronic medical record which is great but I’m always on my phone obsessively checking things even though it won’t change the outcome.
Really enjoying reading about your journey.
As someone who aims to have bear cubs of my own, I owe them my undivided attention!
Thank you so much for saying so! I really appreciate it.
That’s so interesting about your phone checking… Although a tonne is written about scrolling TikTok, my own experience is that it’s been checking/fixing really boring things that has pulled me to the phone repeatedly. And work seems to be in the dead centre of it - not actually doing work or anything to do with a colleague… Exactly as you describe, checking some weird work process that doesn’t need to be checked.
And yes, definitely worth giving it a bit of thought before the bear cubs come along! I don’t want to be overdramatic, but not getting to grips with this sooner (in all its fascinating complexity) is my number one regret when it comes to the first decade I spent with my kids.
Thank you for your wisdom, I’m going to follow after I finish my time at this hospital. I think your journey has confirmed that frequent phone checking to do work just means you spend less happiness with your family!
Keep up the good work!
I'm not sure about wisdom!
But yes… it sneaks up on you 😀
i saw you on the train yesterday wearing your high vis vest! prompted me to look it up, cool idea (from a big brick phone user)
Hey! Thanks so much for getting in touch! Really hope you enjoy reading
Brick phone! Very jealous. Never felt able to do it. Maybe one day if my job changes. I'll bet would have saved me a lot of drama! How have you found it?
yes there's a lot of interesting reading!
yeah i've found the brick phone great! i just use my laptop for functional stuff (whatsapp, banking, emails, etc) so i feel free with my brickphone. your recent post about Boethius - i relate to that