I'm going to keep my iPhone in a drawer for 7 days and I'm not going to use a single phone or social media for a whole week. Right now I'll tell you how I'm going to achieve it but to give some context I've been trying to improve for a little over 6 months My relationship with social networks, the first step was to accept that it was an addiction that was damaging me psychologically. Spending hours and hours and hours watching memes and videos on my phone non-stop. I fell asleep with the phone. I woke up with the phone. It was the first thing I did. in the morning this affects the quality of sleep
increases anxiety stress reduces your ability to concentrate and many times even self-esteem problems arise productivity anxiety mental fatigue I decided to do something about it and it has not been an easy path initially I set some rules like leaving the phone in the kitchen when I go to sleep or limit the use of certain applications. And although I have seen tangible improvements in my life, especially leaving the phone outside where you sleep, I have always had the idea of leaving the phone completely as an experiment since probably 2009. I have not Been without a phone in my pocket for more than 12 hours is pretty crazy if you think about it, I mean 15 years is a long time to become dependent on this and then with social networks the problem becomes exponential. I want to see what happens to my brain more than anything if I just don't use it for 7 days there How am I going to do it? I have already planned it well because I have tried to do this before and I always fail. Now I came prepared more than anything. My Apple watch has a 4G connection so all the calls will come in here and I will also be able to listen to music and podcast on my Apple watch Y I will do that with the AirPods 4 that I have here, so with the Apple Watch I will track my exercises, use the calculator, check the weather and listen to content like music and podcasts and it will practically be my main computing device and it will be with me in Every moment later I know that you are thinking about maps, that is, when you leave your house you get enormous anxiety about not having your phone because you can't see the maps. Fortunately, right now I have a Volvo c40 that has the Google system integrated into the car and it has internet connection alone then Google Maps works there without a problem Spotify works there without a problem And if I get bored I'm just going to start reading, usually I've already started to grab this habit I have it next to my bed so I grab this to read at night but if I get bored at night other points during the day instead of reverting to social networks we are going to read or we are going to watch television, WhatsApp I am only going to answer it during work hours and I am going to check my emails, working basically normally with the computer the only thing I am going to do limit on the computer is Twitter I under a application called opal for the mac and here you can block websites and applications so all social networks are going to be blocked lately I take this iPad mini everywhere I love it but here I have all the distractions social networks and so on So I'm not leaving either Allowing the use of the iPad is one of my rules for this week. I think that
with this I cover all the essential bases to be able to live and survive without a phone in 2024. There are little things like bank applications. Hey, I already have an administrator who helps me make transfers. and things or I can ask my wife I don't know exactly what's going to happen with that, the same with things like ordering food or Uber I think I can ask my wife to do that eh I can't see The idea is that I can't see the screen of a phone in 7 days and to document all this I'm going to be using this gopro that I have here once a day or when you don't have interesting behaviors of not having a phone in everyday life, uh I'm going to document it on this gopro I'm going to document it have in my bag at all times And if I want to talk I take it out about something and we can talk and I also have these lenses that I love and I was using a lot. So I'm also going to allow myself to use them. They have a camera so I can document things. They are cool too and the speakers don't sound bad at all. The point is not
to disconnect from the planet forever, that is, the point is just not to spend hours and hours hours on social networks to get rid of my phone addiction and use that time for useful and productive things like spending more time with my loved ones and being more present. I don't know if it is possible to live in 2024 without a phone but it is part of the experiment that is going to happen. be interesting this let's start now because I want to start this and I'm going to be recording here with the gopro and I'll tell my friends and family about this so starting right now Let's go to the gopro it's Wednesday November 13 and it's 12:50 So next Wednesday at 1 in the afternoon I can use my phone again, I don't even want to see it. What's more, right now we're going to give it endorsement so that it can be given to my wife and I'm officially not going to touch it. Uh There's a lot of echo here I'm not going to use the
phone Val tell me eh I'm going to give you the phone Okay I'm recording the experiment has officially started I'm not going to use a phone in 7 days I'm already nervous let's go to work and I'll keep you updated Bye It's number 140 and we already had the first problem, my credit cards were not registered in the Apple watch, so Val is helping me put them in. I'm not looking at the phone. It's not there, the code is missing. Let's see. So I can make payments. with my Apple watch Okay problem overcome I just had my first call without a phone it rang on my Apple watch I answered everything Perfect so we're going well Ah And so it's 1:51 I've already made two updates and it's only been an hour and a half it's 433 and there has not been more inconveniences until now I'm just constantly checking my pants it seems very strange not to feel anything in my pants So I'm walking and suddenly I remember Oh I don't have the phone Ah Yes right I shouldn't have it so I'm getting used to that feeling strange but first 4 hours we are going well it's 806 the first night after leaving the phone the only thing I feel is anxiety about WhatsApp That's all I mean No I still don't get into looking at social networks I think I had already limited myself quite well I saw TV for a little while now entertain myself I can read Here I have my my Kindle but the WhatsApps are nesting I already realized that I do receive WhatsApps even though the phone my personal phone right now is in the tec Santos studio is not close to here and I do receive the WhatsApps and I can respond to WhatsApps but if I remove the notification I no longer have a way to respond. I think that tomorrow I am going to change a couple of settings to solve it on WhatsApp but other than that it has been a success so far I haven't needed it much, let's see what tomorrow I update again it's 88:32 in the morning uh first morning without phone normally in the mornings I was already sleeping with the phone outside my bedroom but I always came here to the kitchen I grabbed it I checked WhatsApp I checked Twitter I checked Instagram I checked my email and I spent about an hour and right now I have nothing to be so then I'm going to the gym, we're working hard on our health too now let's see how it goes 10 in the morning I already went to the gym one of the things that scared me about not having a phone is the alarm in the tex Santos studio we have an alarm that is an application that I control on my iPhone and there was no application for Apple watch So I gave Chris access but the The good news is that I get a notification every time the alarm is turned off or on. tshq disarmed by Cristian It's Thursday at 5:23 in the afternoon I've been there for a day and 5 hours without seeing a single social network It gives me a a little bit of something I ask him What if there's something trending on Twitter that's interesting because I'm so used to getting into it every day but I've reached a moment where I need to do something on the phone for the first time and there's no way to get out of it, I need to log into my bank account to make some moves and I thought I could get into the mac but I got into the mac and it asks me for a token and the token is only on my phone so I have to use my phone for about 10 seconds and I will have the video evidence here for the first time I pick up my phone in one day and little bit I have the social networks blocked as you want and I try to access Twitter here no no it doesn't let me but I need to enter my bank quickly finishing day 2 right now it's 88:30 in the tonight I had the delivery of a refrigerator and I was a little nervous but all the calls came to the phone it was delivered well I worked normally I've been without social media for almost two days now have you noticed changes in me or not Not much has changed right now until now but I'm going On my first drive we are going to go to dinner and that's it, but we have Google Maps here in the car. So there's no losing day number three without touching my phone and without seeing any social media now it's seriously giving me anxiety and it's because I forgot my Apple watch doesn't I can believe I forgot I mean I don't have my phone because I'm not using it and I went to take a bath I had like 15% on my Apple watch I said I'm going to charge it while I take a bath and we were in a hurry I had to come and drop off my wife so we went out running from the house and I forgot my Apple watch so right now I'm on the street driving without a phone without an Apple watch without any connectivity and it's very strange, very strange, I feel an anxiety that if I have an accident I can't even call the insurance I have no way about how to dial the insurance I say I can borrow the other person's phone but it feels very strange and I came to Starbucks just now and I was waiting for my coffee and so I just look at the paintings because I have nothing to do those moments of boredom make me I have noticed these days at first It is very uncomfortable but then you start to feel a little bit of peace in your mind So I already feel right now that it is the third day I already feel my brain a little different and I am not joking this experiment is very interesting I know that I sound ridiculous to many people. and they are saying that this guy who can't live without his phone, for me being addicted
to social networks and always being connected to the system, it is a very different experience But it is the reason why I am doing this Now we are going to work, we are almost noon on the third day I had four missed calls and about 20 WhatsApps but right now on the computer that I have here in my backpack I keep up with the WhatsApps and I have to go to work day number three at night Friday is 88:30 at night we come to dinner with some friends but the parking meter doesn't pull and you have to use it with an app and I don't have a phone But I have a nice and beautiful wife who does have a phone and she is going to do it but this is the guy of things where If I didn't have a partner with a phone I wouldn't be able to pay the parking meter. I mean there is no way, it's supposed to pull this but it doesn't pull. So if there are certain things in 2024 that it is a requirement to have a phone, unfortunately if I hadn't gone to park further or something I don't know but one of those curious things about not having a phone day number four is the 512 I'm using the Samsung ring also because I'm testing it for a later video but I haven't used my phone and the truth is I haven't missed it right now I'm going to a civil wedding and I've realized at social events that I even feel a little more present because I don't have an excuse to look at my phone or go on social media or check unnecessarily, notify me that I know that if it's an emergency, someone it's going to mark me And if I don't enjoy the moment outside of a couple of instances like the parking meter yesterday or when I had to use my phone for banking things, I've been there for 4 days and you can live without a phone in 2024 considering that you are connected in some way like I am. with the Apple watch for any emergency or other things but it's very cool I keep it updated it's Wednesday it's 2:18 in the afternoon that means I've already completed 7 days of not using the phone and here it is I even feel strange holding it but curiously I realized that I don't need it anymore. Now I'm telling you about the whole experience because there are very interesting details, but I went to see the screen time. There are some incredible days here,
like Sunday, one minute of screen time, 2 minutes on average. During the week there were other days of about 20 minutes, which are the days when I used the bank application or lent my phone to my wife to order food or do something like that, but the important thing here is that I did it, that is, I didn't really watch Instagram. neither tiktok or Twitter for 7 days in a row and I lived without a smartphone in 2024 for a whole week. The last two days I didn't even make updates to the gopro because I didn't see it necessary and I didn't have any complications. On the contrary, I liked it.
I was surprised by how much I liked the experience. At first I was very conscious and checking my bag every time. time and what is going to happen when I get in the car and what is going to happen if this and the last three days without joking I felt like a Peace where I felt that I no longer needed it or that I already learned to live without it and they went away very quickly the last three days until Now the feeling came in that I could have another easy week, I could have an easy month, but I didn't want to take so long to make this video, of course, I was very well prepared with my watch connected for emergency calls and I had everything systematized and done so that it would be This was a success but I am happy to say that I achieved it and specifically with social networks at the beginning I felt some anxiety from not checking Twitter every hour from not knowing what is happening in the world that if there is a trend I did not see Twitter or Instagram for 7 days and Guess what happened To my surprise The world continued as if nothing had happened and I didn't get lost. I didn't feed myself with information, more than just garbage from social networks, and I even feel lighter, more present, and I dare say, even in a better mood. And if I'm very honest, it gives me a It's a little scary to come to this conclusion because I practically dedicate myself to social networks. I live off of you seeing my content on social networks and here on YouTube. But that's why I feel that YouTube is a little healthier, at least from my experience. I continued
watching YouTube. I watched full videos on YouTube on television and watched TV like Netflix and other things, but apart from watching long-form content, I also read my book more intentionally and now I get a little more excited about reading Where before I used to look for my phone or I looked for my iPad Now I look for the book now It also helps that the book helped me a lot What I'm reading is a productivity book by Carl Newport. I'm very much into the topic of self-help and productivity right now and the book is very cool. If you want to look it up, it's called Slow Productivity. This year, for me personally, it's been a lot of changes. I didn't feel very well physically and mentally and for a year For a year and
a half I have been starting to improve my habits by exercising, trying to eat a little better, but more than anything I wanted to get rid of this addiction. I mean, I have been struggling for 6 months and now that I have lived without a phone for 7 days, now that I know that it is possible living without social networks without a problem, like I don't need it as much now, it doesn't mean that I'm going to stop not even wanting to touch it, it doesn't mean that I'm going to stop using it. So yes, I got into a couple of problems, more than anything because of WhatsApp. friends and family brought me an invitation to an event I didn't see My wife had to tell me
and there was a complication, that is, there were also a couple of moments where I wanted to take a photo of something and I didn't have my phone. That happened to me a lot. I want to take a photo and I didn't have my phone. It happened to me on several occasions as well. where someone was telling me about a trip, for example , Ah Yes, I was in Korea and I told him how I went to Korea two years ago and I wanted to show him a photo of the trip and I couldn't because I didn't have my phone, it also happened to me that I wanted to google some information or search for a restaurant or chat gpt things so I didn't have my phone fortunately I told my wife and she looked for it but not everyone has a partner or someone available there So yes, many times I cheated and I told my wife like, Hey, you can search This then Many situations It is necessary to have the phone but after this experiment I am 100% sure that I feel better if I do not see so many social networks So it is easier for me to set limits now since I felt the benefits because again I thought about deleting them I said I am going to delete all the apps I don't need them anymore but then suddenly for work If I'm in the bathroom, in the bathroom it happens to me a lot that I get bored, it's still a lot of information but I was there reading the bottle of shampoo and things or maybe I could use social networks to find out what 's happening on Twitter or see some relatives on Instagram whatever it is to learn something new but I'm going to set a fixed limit of 15 minutes of Instagram a day and 15 minutes of Twitter a day if I want to go to the bathroom once a day or if I'm bored somewhere I'm going to do it but I don't need more than that, I really feel For the first time in a long time I feel like I have a healthier relationship with social media and with my phone. I know that not everyone can leave their
phone for 7 days. It's impractical. I did it as an experiment, but I recommend deleting social media at least for a while. couple of days and and see how you You feel, you are going to be surprised what happens when you get bored. I realized that it is very important to get bored and relax your mind, not always have it active and full of dopamine because that is what caused me a lot of problems up here.
It's kind of cliche but you You realize that a lot happens in life if you keep an eye on it and you're not on your phone all day, you go one day without your phone, even if it's just walking around the block. Don't use your phone for a certain amount of time. Don't use social networks and you can realize this What I'm telling you is that it's very difficult to explain, it's not something tangible that I can show you, but I feel better now, that comes from my experience. Maybe you already have a very healthy relationship with networks and it's perfect. I mean, it's entertainment. I mean, it's like watching
television is fine giving yourself an hour of social media and entertaining yourself just as you watch an hour of television maybe short content does a little more damage than long content but be honest I mean if you spend your time on screen you can see there that you are on the phone 7 or nine hours a day and four of those hours are social media, you're wrong. If you have an hour of social media, it's okay, it depends on each person. More than anything, I felt physically and mentally bad and I decided to do something and I would recommend doing something. If you are in a situation similar I want to add also I think this video has already gotten too long But it doesn't matter I also want to add that I didn't record because I didn't have my camera but I went for a walk in a park and I had these metal lenses the metal glasses that take photos and I had a magical moment where I wanted to take a photo of my dog Benjamin but I realized that I didn't have my iPhone and I don't I don't have my iPhone and then I remembered that I had the glasses and I took them for the sun not to record content and there is something there that I feel is very cool there is something there in the future of wearables, that is, I really believe that in the near future a phone could be replaced by having a smart watch and smart glasses. I took a photo of my dog there and said how cool that I was able to take a photo of him even though I don't have one. my phone So that experience was very cool, there is a strong combo There, to fill the needs of the phone, it also happened to me many times that I used my Apple watch to pay and that is also a magical experience. Leave you without a phone, I didn't even have my wallet in
certain situations and nothing else arrived and with the Apple watch I paid for it. It seems incredible to me and I think that in the near future we will be able to replace this addictive screen that has us all walking like this. If this video helped you in any way, I am very happy. I did this more than anything because me and I'm talking about my experience and I wanted to document the process eh Maybe in a few months I will do an update on how things have gone but honestly for the first time I don't feel anxious checking my phone every 5 minutes before when I forgot my phone at home I would get tremendous anxiety and panic and now I know that if I forget the phone I don't care about the Czech thing for a while we tend to think that everything is urgent that everything you have to see at this moment and solve at this moment and that everyone can contact you on everything WhatsApps can wait for me social networks can wait for me and I don't have to entertain myself every minute I'm bored I already learned that for the first time I feel good for the first time I feel like I have control of my phone and it's not the phone that has control of me
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