What's ironic is, I'm trying to stop my phone use, but I'm watching this on a phone.

@ShamsunNahar-nf1ty

5 жыл бұрын

kristopher barker yeah me too.

@crct2004

5 жыл бұрын

Me three, lol

@curiousorigins

5 жыл бұрын

I had to go grab my phone to comment on this. 😂😂😂 But it is certainly hard to cut back, I just let my phone die now, tbh. Easy to stop using a dead phone.

@Thechangelingpnw

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@Crow29803

5 жыл бұрын

kristopher barker - hahahaha!

I’ve literally watched 16 hours of KZread today because I deleted tiktok.....

@amych4393

3 жыл бұрын

HAHAH OMG well at least try to watch something educational right

@user-id1ie4jg9g

3 жыл бұрын

I tried this trick for many times. But tiktok is really a new addition. I only survived 3 days and I installed it back

@avishajain3557

2 жыл бұрын

@mar same and i actually feel so desperate I need help. I watch 6 hours of continuous KZread like it's nothing

@imeldaw.m5525

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@bodyofhope

2 жыл бұрын

Uggh! I did something similar. I went on a tv fast (no Netflix, Hulu, Disney, cable, etc. for 30 days) but guess what bad habit I picked up? You guessed right! KZread! 🤣 What a waste of a fast!

Watching this instead of studying for my exam :')

@sandygueye7299

5 жыл бұрын

You're not the only one 🙃

@lylarudolph1194

4 жыл бұрын

Me too! That Egypt exam will have to WAIT..

@meydelincedeno4885

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not gonna pass it anyway!

@greyscale1784

4 жыл бұрын

I’m not gonna pass my entrance exam anyways-

@djcracked7997

4 жыл бұрын

Hehe

I'm currently reading a book called "How to break up with your phone" by Catherine Price and it's freaking me out a bit. Ok a lot. She talks about neuroscience and how our phones amplifies anxiety and depression and reduces our attention span, and a lot of other interestingly scary facts about our phones. The first part of the book is designed to freak you out, and the second part is a 30 days action plan to build healthier habits with your phone. I highly recommend it !!!

@andreaswill615

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds great

@davidlane256

4 жыл бұрын

Rupin Lamistoufle it’s 9 months later! Did you break up with your phone?

@nur.5254

4 жыл бұрын

thanks!

@uzmashaikh7307

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation

@rupinlamistoufle8375

3 жыл бұрын

David Lane I’m answering 7 months later so I guess I did 😁😎

Wow i miss that pre cell phone world..............

@sonnyw941

5 жыл бұрын

I know how you feel. So many kids are addicted to electronics phones tablets computers tv shows. Their bringing tablets and electronics into school instead of doing school work old school it's on a tablet. Not all the work but a good majority of it. Its ridiculous. My moms always on her phone my sisters always on her phone my kids are becoming addicted I hate it. I restrict phone use tablet use and tv to a curtain time frame through the day. I have to be strict about it.

@mynameisglitter2220

5 жыл бұрын

I miss it too

@someguy2135

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. Before the web, I didn't have to use will power to avoid being addicted to it. I love/hate the web.

@renitatellis7772

5 жыл бұрын

Me toooo. I miss it so much.

@SUGAR_XYLER

5 жыл бұрын

@@sonnyw941 Well it sucks to be YOU ✔

You forgot before we had smart phones we all read the shampoo bottle when we 💩🤣🤣

@JentasticVintage26

5 жыл бұрын

Dez B 😂 This is so funny because it's true! My grandma always had reader's digest in her bathroom so that was a nice change of pace. 😂

@dezb8510

5 жыл бұрын

Laughter In The Trenches omg yes! The magazines 😂

@Rooshii

5 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@anthonyrobertson7062

5 жыл бұрын

Dez B Back in the early 80s I used our small portable tv in the bathroom in junior high to high school. I would forget it in there sometimes and some of the slightly older adults would think in was lazy or something to have a tv in there. Which didn't make sense to me because how is staring at a wall any better? Anyway, they are hypocrites now cause they use smartphones in the bathroom. lol

@abbykoop5363

5 жыл бұрын

Dez B Hahaha...That is SO true!

I don't use any social media any more. I'm 26 and my friends think i'm crazy, but Fb, Instagram etc are stresfull to me so I don't want it in my life.

@SUGAR_XYLER

5 жыл бұрын

I only use KZread and Google plus.🖒🖒

@messianichebrewshawnkawcak1550

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I got off FB, and only use twitter to promote videos and see what might be important in the poly-ticks world.

@amritaborah9169

5 жыл бұрын

I totally agree.

@Damian.D

4 жыл бұрын

Very good! Intelligent decision!

@danhatcher4703

4 жыл бұрын

Actually the programs cause actual stress.

Phone is turned off as soon as my wife gets home for work, and only turned on as I leave for work the next day. Saturday and Sunday on at 9am and off at 6pm. Works for me.

@MaMa-rx5jz

3 жыл бұрын

Wish my partner would do the same.

I didn’t think I was a slave to my phone until someone said, “Did you realize if you spend two hours a day on your phone you are actually spending a month out of the year on your phone?” That was eye opening:

@M_K_M_K_M_K

2 жыл бұрын

I guess I won’t tell you how many hours my Iphone tells me I’m on my phone every day…

@avishajain3557

2 жыл бұрын

@@M_K_M_K_M_K i spend at least 7 hours on my phone everyday. Somebody help me ;-;

@M_K_M_K_M_K

2 жыл бұрын

@@avishajain3557 Hi! Mine was an average of 8 hours a day. I changed this 4 weeks ago by making a plan for myself and I feel great!! My plan has been to first of all STOP using my phone whilst doing other things, which I think was a horrible constant noise for my head. No more phone while washing my face, brushing my teeth, taking a shower, cooking dinner, eating, going to the bathroom etc. Second thing was a time window of no screentime during a productive time of the day, to inspire myself to do things I love or need to do. This for me has been 12-15 in the afternoon, and I finally finished my book, played more on my guitar again and finished so many chores that were bugging me in the back of my brain! I didn’t force myself too much for all the other hours of the day, basic agreement with myself was that I wanted to live mindful of whatever it is I am doing. On your phone you lose touch of your actual life, heart and soul, and that really is such a waste…. I had all these videos I watched daily, and now I can’t be bothered to listen to strangers’ drama and lives. I feel calmer, present, and aware of my life again. I didn’t force certain apps of my phone, just don’t allow them at certain times of the day, or in areas of the house, like the shower, my bed, etc. If I choose to sit on the couch after 3 PM and watch something, I can. The joke is usually I am already doing something else by that point that I find more fulfilling. I halved my screentime immediately and it has already greatly improved my life. I knew this needed to be done, but you need to make an honest pact with yourself and know it is actually much harder to live with your phone glued to your face than to change it. So again, good strategy: - No more phone in the background (like listening to KZread videos while doing other stuff like cooking, brushing teeth etc.) Living mindfully = also consuming content mindfully. Keep yourself on the couch if you want to watch “TV”. If that means you are nót doing the dishes, put your phone away and do the dishes, instead of lying to yourself and taking your phone with you. - No social media like Instagram and KZread in bed. After 9 my phone gets put away and I ONLY allow myself ASMR at bedtime, for now. Bed and bedroom are for resting. - Choose a time window in the morning or early afternoon of 3 hours (or more) where you put your phone away. This will be the time that you have to do something that else! Be curious about this time and what you will decide to do with it :). Go for it!!!! P.s. I still find brushing my teeth and washing my face at night a horribly boring thing to do, but I suck it up and just do it without Reddit stories ;). I know my mind is adjusting!

@chloehardyy

2 жыл бұрын

@@M_K_M_K_M_K thank you!!! also i’m super proud of you for how far you have come ! 💓

@sights33r14

2 жыл бұрын

I spend 8 hours a day on my phone. 4 months of the year is spent on this stupid phone!

I'm addicted, oddly enough, to KZread videos. My phone rules my mommy list day.

@littlekiwi9724

5 жыл бұрын

Me too! I lie in bed with headphones watching KZread till 3am every night. I can't help myself 😥

@randomusername704

5 жыл бұрын

Me too! I hate it! My phone says it'll screw up my other apps if I disable KZread , or I would take it off

@SUGAR_XYLER

5 жыл бұрын

Well mom it sucks to be YOU ✔

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman

5 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@dontmindme.imjustafraidofe9327

4 жыл бұрын

I’m on KZread a lot. I’m drifting away because the fog is too big, too strong for me to see or hear any part of the world around me.

This couldn’t come at a better time for me, Mayim. I’m struggling with severe depression, and I’m pretty sure my phone addiction is a major part of the problem. I wake up much too late every morning and then spend hours scrolling through Facebook and Instagram, looking at the lives of other people, instead of getting up and living my own life. I might begin by not bringing my phone to the bedroom every night. If it’s downstairs, maybe I’ll be more motivated to get out of bed.

@LaDeeDah

Жыл бұрын

Same!!!

@rickjeffjeff

11 ай бұрын

Wow.... It is 99% the problem but 0 the problem. If you can't put it down for more than 5 minutes you have serious problems. A phone over life,kids,work,Bible,health.Women are in serious trouble.

"It's like the Jetsons. You know that show? No. you're too young. Anyway." haha! That's hilarious!

@SUGAR_XYLER

5 жыл бұрын

And we're still waiting for flying cars ✌

@patriciaedwards791

5 жыл бұрын

I do remember that tv show. And yes im that old.

@davidlane256

4 жыл бұрын

If Mr Howell had a cellphone, he still wouldn’t have signal (maybe)

Inspired by boredom! Love that phrase!

I turn my phone volume up and set my phone in the middle of the house as if it were a house phone and leave it there. If its important they will call me. I also made it so I dont get notifications.

@colleenbelliveau1210

5 жыл бұрын

I am definitely going to try this. Thank you.

@chitsb

5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!!

@maxhenderson9434

4 жыл бұрын

Just sell ur phone

I'm so addicted to my phone 😥 I try to stop staring at it all the time but I can't.

This has been a huge issue for me that I've been taking steps to tackle this summer. I too usually reach for my phone first thing in the morning, so I bought an actual alarm clock and I now charge my phone in a different room at night. The alarm clock glows really calming colors so after I wake up, I lay in bed and stretch with the room gently illuminated. During this time, my husband and I tell each other about our dreams. That sure beats scrolling through my news feed first thing in the morning!

I deleted Facebook a week before the crash and $120B loss... it has been hard, but I've stopped automatically reaching for the app when I'm bored.... now I grab my book.

@lancewalker2595

5 жыл бұрын

I prefer my lambo, but that's just me.

@Mejiaelis

5 жыл бұрын

I deleted fb from my life also. It’s been 1 year and I can honestly say it’s the best thing I’ve done

@lancewalker2595

5 жыл бұрын

Do you have any idea how much goes into a social media network the size of Facebook, how dare you retract your business.

@Kristen_85

5 жыл бұрын

I have been Facebook free for 6 months and it’s great. You’ll realize that you only log on as something to do when you’re bored - and once you find something productive to replace that time, you won’t miss it at all. I still keep in touch with people - it’s just in a more meaningful way now.

@nakiwinkydim

5 жыл бұрын

I used Facebook a lot until there was a time when it updated. And i didn’t know how to use it so I stopped.

Have you ever just watched your kids play at the park? I did today and it was hilarious. Usually I'm on the phone looking at nothing and missing out, looking up every few minutes to make sure they're fine. It was such a joy to watch them be silly and ridiculous.

@genesccu

5 жыл бұрын

Jennifer Somebody such a tough one! I always want to leave my phone in the car, but then I get a fear that I will miss a photo op that they wont remember without a picture, so I convince myself to take my phone....but always between those photo ops, I end up aimlessly checking something :(

@tenshi1648

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but try doing that ALL the time and it’ll get old. People still had had books or the newspaper or other distractions. In the time before phones there were just periods of nothingness and wasted time. I still don’t think people should be scrolling through facebook for hours a day, but to entirely discredit a phone and assume most people are wasting time on social media is ridiculous. There are amazing things to be done on a phone. Download an app to learn a new language by spending 10minutes a day, practice meditation, learn a programming language. Read a book with Overdrive or Libby! Research personal interests, play a game, organize your life with a calendar, use evernote to create notes and markdown thoughts. Make a blog, join an interest group or plan rl meetups for that group, write a journal. There are great and healthy uses for a phone and it’s ridiculous that people can’t see past that. It’s not about being a slave, it’s about being smart. Turn off all your notifications for things that don’t matter. If you don’t run a business on social media, turn off sound notifications. Use sounds only for sms & calls. Push notifications for emails and badges to show you a little number. Part of checking your phone all the time has to do with being reminded audibly. Break the pattern or if you are going to use it do something responsible with it.

@JenniferSomebody

5 жыл бұрын

Tenshi We don't spend hours at a time at a park so the 20-30 minutes we are there, I think I'll continue to watch and laugh at the stories and weird little adventures they come up with and leave learning a new language for when they're at school or the youngest is napping. All of these moments will be gone soon (and I'm by no means the type of person who is a "CHERISH EVERY SECOND" mom) so I'll continue to do what I think works for me and I wish you luck on whatever it is that works for you.

@VeganLiving247

5 жыл бұрын

Aw this is really sweet :)

@SUGAR_XYLER

5 жыл бұрын

Should of had your tubes tied like me and you'd NEVER have to worry about KIDS ✔

I was discussing cellphone addiction with my mom, and how it affects people a few weeks agi. One of the points that came up is that people are always saying that you need to get off your phone, go do something outside, go play, or whatever they happen to say, but what I'm finding is that its much harder to do that now. I am a teenager, and everyone I know is always on their phones, and so you cant go out and play with your friends, and the world is so much more antisocial now, like almost all of the activities you are told to do are more fun with other people, but you dont have other people to do it with, and so you just feel alone. And then people wonder why you say there is nothing to do outside, or why you want to use your phone so much. I think that ine of the reasons people are so addicted to phones now is because we are naturally social creatures, and they have become one of the only ways to stay in contact with people. But I wish that smartphones didn't exist, and that we just went back to flip phones or whatever, so that we could just have a happier life. Cellphones make you feel so isolated, but at the same time they make you feel connected. I find that with the whole cellphone issue there are so many different sides, but they all seem to be rooted in having cellphones in general, because these problems didnt exist before cellphones were invented

I miss those days where my siblings and I would go to one persons room and chat and laugh out loud...

Mobile phones paradoxically liberate you, and enslave you. Nice video Mayim, I remember life before cellphones....

I feel like I was always searching to be with other people when smartphones didnt exist. When i was a kid I was constantly at my cousins, with friends or my grandmas. Smartphones are so isolating, because you feel like you're interacting with the world or people but you really arent.

@abbykoop5363

5 жыл бұрын

Sv Vr I find it the other way. Before cell/smart phones I was quite content to do my own thing. Now I seem addicted to the so-called interaction.

@oliverxhmll

5 жыл бұрын

thats exactly what i said lol. Its isolating because its not real interaction, but we spend doing that for hours

@abbykoop5363

5 жыл бұрын

Sv Vr Not really because I was usually by myself, not with other people. Just that I was content by myself. 😉

@curiousorigins

5 жыл бұрын

I think smart phones have been great for introverts. And isolating for extroverts. I'm an extrovert, and I definitely feel it. Hanging out with people nowadays feels like staring at everyone staring at their phones until they find a cat video or random meme to show everyone. Then we'll all laugh, make a few comments about it, and the smart phone wall is back up. It's frankly, a waste if time, most days.

@SUGAR_XYLER

5 жыл бұрын

@@curiousorigins Those were probably my cat videos 🐱🐺

We have implemented a couple of new rules for this school year. One is tablets/technology on the weekends only. Also, we read from 7:30-8:00 every night. It has to be a physical book, and we have to be in the same room together. It has made the first week of school much more calm. I'm very excited about this family endeavor. When the alarm goes off to put the book away, we give each kiddo a hug and tell them something positive. I *might* have started this for a selfish reason, ok, two selfish reasons, but it works for everyone. My middle schoolers have to keep reading logs for school, and that time guarantees they meet their reading goals each week. Also, I really need the quiet in the evening, and it gets all of us off technology for at least a set amount of time.

@ramonaschober600

5 жыл бұрын

Bravo! 👏

@SUGAR_XYLER

5 жыл бұрын

🔴Liz, your home sounds like a kid's Hell 🖓

@cindy846

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, amazing!

@adt4025

2 жыл бұрын

I like that you have everyone read together. It’s much easier to do something when you’re not alone. It could even preferable.

@SM-jx2ut

Жыл бұрын

That's cool!

Started reading again for entertainment! Hard at first, but it felt so good I kept going. Now I reach for a book instead of social media, at least most of the time.

I know all your references. We are the same age. I miss the pre cell phone days.

@sparkybish

5 жыл бұрын

Carl Greisheimer We memorized so many numbers!

@AF-ke9by

5 жыл бұрын

MissMargaret Yes! I was really good at remembering phone numbers. I came across a pay phone a couple of years ago, and burst into a fit of laughter. I didn’t know they still existed! My favorite memory is replacing the phone cord with an extra long one. 😂

@vila111

5 жыл бұрын

or just the old cell phones time (like flip phones) ...

@julieD5508

5 жыл бұрын

I also sort of miss the old days, yet I'd be lost without the current technology, lol.

@sparkybish

5 жыл бұрын

vila111 my first cell phone was one of those classic Nokia phones everyone had. My dad had a car phone in the 80s for work and we thought he was the shit.

The good old days...landlines, books, conversation. Miss them like a good friend....and good conversation. Wish everyone would unplug at family functions, dinners, etc.

@kookienutquacker8692

5 жыл бұрын

Melinda S Simpson I still have a landline, I still read books and I still go out with friends and have real conversations. Then I go home and the first thing I reach for is my iPad. It’s all good!😉

@melindassimpson7936

5 жыл бұрын

Kookie Nut Quacker 🤗🤗😉😉

@debbiebarbay9134

5 жыл бұрын

I personally think it is rude to be at a family dinner and just texting away on a smart phone. You are there to enjoy someone's company, not "share" what you're looking at separately. (why I hate the employee lounge....everyone is just into their phones...only a few of us "old folks" actually talk to each other.)

@SUGAR_XYLER

5 жыл бұрын

@@debbiebarbay9134 Sounds like most people don't like you 😨

I'm trying to break that habit but it's so hard! I got to stop reaching for my phone in the mornings. I do like drawing, go for walks and learning to crochet. Thanks for the tips Mayim!

More power to you. I have started weaning myself off the phone, too. I pulled a wrist watch out of a drawer and started wearing it again. That eliminated at least 30 times a day grabbing the phone.

I phones. Are very addictive. This world is not a better place for all of our technology.....we are less caring, less sharing, less humane. Tablets n laptops are just as addictive. I am housebound....so my tablet is my window upon the world. Now I must return to reading books (I always read a great deal) n spending more time with my feral cats....trying to tame. Mayim you are talking a mile a minute.......time to meditate!!!! Greetings from Canada 🍁💞🍀

Yes, yes, yes! Pen and paper! It's one of the best ways to remember anything. It causes our brain to slow down and actually process information when we write it down! I, often, silence my phone when I'm with people, so I don't get interrupted, or interrupt them, with calls and notifications. As you said, there are very few things that are actually time sensitive. I prefer to just check it a few times during the day and respond when it's convenient for me. So, please, people stop the madness! There's never a good reason to text and drive, or text and walk!!! Be safe and look up, it's probably a beautiful day!

@Hippie-chick

5 жыл бұрын

Ramona Schober And leave a message, for crying out loud. I may be in my no answering mode. You called me...if you didn't want to talk to me, why did you call? Leave a msg and I'll call you back when I'm back on my phone.

@ramonaschober600

5 жыл бұрын

LW Clay ~ Right?! It's simple courtesy. Wait, that may be an oxymoron... 😁

@kathrynwitte3398

5 жыл бұрын

Ramona Schober I always lost my lists; now I NEVER do. They’re always on my phone! I can track my grocery spending, and anything else I want to create a history. Now if I could organize and store receipts... I know there’s the technology to do it but I don’t have it. I’m simplifying my life *using* my phone, not the other way around!

@fayepatrice1672

5 жыл бұрын

kathryn witte I organize my receipts with my phone by taking pictures of them and keeping them in Evernote. Then the actual slips of papers for trivial things I can discard and for things with warranties or that I might return I will keep in a box that I try to declutter once a year or so.

@ramonaschober600

5 жыл бұрын

@@fayepatrice1672 That's a great idea!

I enjoyed deleting my Facebook account over a year ago and don't miss it at all. I like to go out and leave my phone at home. Young people miss what is in front of there face. So agree with you 💖😘😘

Thanks for posting this Mayim! I think about this a lot. Here's 5 that I do: 1. I keep a separate mail app on my phone for work, so there's one place where I can see if I got a personal email and one place where I see if I got a work email. It helps me separate areas of my life, especially making decisions about what is urgent to respond to. 2. I try to charge my phone at night somewhere where it's not in reach while I'm in bed so I /can't/ fall asleep to scrolling, or wake up to my phone (sometimes I give myself a break on this though, haha). 3. I try to keep my phone in my purse while I am out at a meal, so I'm not tempted to scroll while I'm spending time with friends. If I do get my phone out I have to make a conscious choice about it. I try to leave my phone in the other room when I am eating dinner with family. If I do need to have my phone on hand, I keep it face down. 4. If I see that I am wasting time on an app I will delete it for a while, and re-download it when I feel like I've re-centered. 5. I turned off the notifications for things that aren't really important to me. I don't need the notifications that most of my apps try to send me, especially social media. I turned off the sounds *and lock screen banners* for emails. If I'm expecting an urgent email, I will turn the sounds back on temporarily. I feel like there must be more, and I do most of the things you mentioned too! "Du Courage" and good work to everyone trying to make conscious choices about the role of their smart phone in their life.

I needed this!! Thank you! I've been using my phone as an escape. Being a person that suffers from ADD, severe anxiety, PTSD, and depression....It's easy to become enveloped in a world where I can complete things and feel good....in that moment. It's not lasting satisfaction and in the end makes me feel worse but yet I keep diving into the fantasy. Games, emails, text messages, to do list for things to complete ON my phone (I hope this isn't just me), shows, vlogs, blogs, news, etc....can all be completed in an instant. Real life tasks are difficult and long and when I don't get through them completely it makes me feel worthless and broken. This makes me go BACK to my phone.... It's a vicious cycle. I'm hoping to take your tips and apply them and to not be too hard on myself if I stumble.

@_sam_ddn

5 жыл бұрын

iheartigloos, All the best👍

@Carol-Bell

5 жыл бұрын

iheartigloos one day at a time. Or half day. If you take longer to complete a task, it’s ok, just keep going; life is not a race. You have the next increment of time. Reward yourself when you do finish, with something small but nice. Like playing on the phone or an ice cream cone:) have a great day!

Kitty cuteness!!!! 😻😻😻😻 I will use my phone till the battery dies then won't touch it the whole time it's charging. By the time it's done charging, I won't want to use it because I'm so into other activities 👍🏻

Thank you for addressing this issue. It breaks my heart to see parents and kids out at dinner, shopping, etc where the child and or parents are glued to the screen. I use our time out to talk to my infant, I point things out and we talk about what we are doing and what we see. She loves to people watch! The comment she receives most often is how alert she looks. I like to attribute that to limited screen time. Of course this means I’ve had to keep the tv off at home as well. 🙆🏻‍♀️

Fricking love your channel, wisdom all the time without being condescending but being open to learning new things every day, amazing woman

The video kind of ended when she was still talking

@YouTubeCritic

5 жыл бұрын

Claudia Kerssemakers not sure if that was what happened. I'm pretty sure it was just an editing mistake. Trust me I know I've done the same thing before. Besides if she was going to end the video on a metaphor she would tell us.

@EKS511

5 жыл бұрын

Claudia Kerssemakers that would make sense if this was filmed with a phone but I'm not sure it is. lol

@YouTubeCritic

5 жыл бұрын

EKS511 she deleted her comment...LOL

@3DJapan

5 жыл бұрын

Editor Mayim needs more time away from her phone.

I have 2 college degrees, never got a smartphone. It's driving friends crazy, I can't 'get that app' they're crazy about or their coupon, or their latest pic. I don't care. I do love the voicemail feature on the cellphones. It answers for me and if/when I want to text or call, I can do anything I NEED to do with it. The tech at the AT&T store last week called my girls' iphone6, 'dinosaurs' and my slider phone, a Samsung Evergreen, 'a fossil', 2010? I've dropped it a hundred times and it just snaps back together. One time I replaced the battery for a longer lasting charge. The AT&T tech said upgrade is 'free' and a 'savings'. No, it isn't. Nothing is free and Nothing is a 'savings' unless you are making a deposit in my name at my bank, and I guarantee, you don't know my bank. People ignoring the world for their phone is truly a Sickness of 2018. I'm glad you're back in control! ; )

@angelajthorpe

5 жыл бұрын

I have my LG EnV which flips open with a full keyboard. My husband gets so frustrated that I don't have a smart phone. I completely embrace new technology, but when smartphones came out, I had no desire for one. I still have to look at a map before I leave the house if I'm going somewhere new. If I get lost, oh well. Maybe I'll see something interesting during my aimless driving around.

@ramonaschober600

5 жыл бұрын

That's awesome, ladies! It's nice to know there are a few of us who are looking up and enjoying the real world around us! It's just too easy to get caught up in the idea that every little thing is "time sensitive", or "urgent". Advances in technology are great and can be quite helpful sometimes. Other times, they seem to create more frustration and stress. It's important to recognize what options are available and choose those things that work to create happiness and cohesiveness in our lives! Be well and have a lovely day!

@Kennyliz

5 жыл бұрын

Karyn B that’s true, my carrier did the same with me. That’s an absurd that I had the same iphone5 for more than 3 years. I don’t agree with this savage capitalism that’s taking place everywhere and increasing so much violence because they need to have the last cellphone. I feel myself very addicted to my smartphone and I really want to be free. I’m really considering to have those old stile just to make calls. Very nice video. ❤️

@chellebb1311

5 жыл бұрын

Karyn B I applaud you. I’m pursuing my second degree as well, and I find myself getting distracted and not studying because I’m looking at something on my phone (hence why I’m watching this video). I do enjoy all the features of a smartphone, I just want to be more detached to it than I am. I remember when I used to read novels in my spare time. Now, I haven’t read a non school related book in years!

@SUGAR_XYLER

5 жыл бұрын

*Proof that college doesn't make one smarter* ✔

I have no social media on my phone. All of that (that is, Facebook and Twitter) is only on the computer. I no longer have the KZread notification bell activated for any daily-upload channels. If I’m with someone having a meal or coffee or whatever, phone stays in my pocket unless I’m showing them something on it. It helps having an iPhone 5C, because that ancient piece of crap is so slow I don’t even want to use it half the time. If you like to read, read a physical book. A paper book will never beep and give you notifications.

@ShockResistor

5 жыл бұрын

I applaud you! You appear to be one of the only polite people left.

@peggysola3405

3 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY 😊🤗👍🏽

Currently watching this from my smartphone, which was the first thing I grabbed after waking up, and I was scrolling through KZread's homepage for no reason.

Thank you for your advices. I realised I really have phone addiction longer time ago but wasn't able to do so much about it. You are such a motivation to me to take babysteps to change my way of life

You inspired me as a teenager and now you’re inspiring me as a mom! Thanks for this video, it’s very timely!!

@HLB313

5 жыл бұрын

Kristy Doucette hahaha so accurate! She’s always been the cool girl a few years ahead of me!

@SUGAR_XYLER

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe you should have stayed on the phone instead of becoming a mom 💀

Mayim, you're awesome! 💛 cellphone addiction is one of the things I'm planning to get rid of and this is timely. I admire you.

I love positive affirmational quotes when I start my day!

When my husband comes home from work I turn off my phone and disconnect just to be completely capable of holding a really conversation with him about our day. I also leave my phone at home when we go out somewhere together.

Love "inspired by their boredom" ... absolutely! That is how we will get more girls interested in science too.

Wonderful video! Thanks so much for sharing honesty and giving ways to deal with the terrible phone addiction that has creeped into society and our very own homes. Your personality is fireeee. Be blessed!!!

I hardly ever look at my cell phone. I wouldn’t care if it got smashed. I would not replace it. Great video, Mayim.

Lol. I remember those days! Thanks for the tips! I loved Blossom growing up, and TBBT now!

You're awesome, Mayim! Keepin' it real and I adore you!

Great video! I left my phone in the car the other day while eating out with a loved one and it was a game changer. It forced me to keep the conversation going and to enjoy real time, real life interaction. Definitely implementing this more!

Great video! I have curbed my mindless scrolling through news as well. I'm also a big pen and paper person and ALWAYS have a notebook with me. I discovered bullet journaling a couple of years ago it's transformed how I manage my schedule and to-do lists plus it has helped me spend less time on my phone!

I tend to shut off my phone. Like my mom says: "If it's an emergency, they can leave a message."

Gosh I love you so much, Crush on ya ever since I was 13. I love your intelligence, your commitment, your persistence, honesty and I say all this with thee utmost respect.

You don't look old enough to know pre-cell phone days! Thanks for this!

I love u, Mayim. Blossom was a big thing for me. thank you and the show for being so genuine.

I diligently turn my phone off every night and every Sunday all day. Yes there's some anxiety but it has helped me spend a lot more meaningful time with myself and my family. Also. Huge fan 😊

Mayim I really enjoy your videos. This is such a relatable content. The tips are very helpful, and realistic beginners steps.

Love you and your videos! Such an intelligent, good humored person. Thanks for sharing!

I'm taking the first steps by watching videos like this! Thank you!

"You know that show? No, you're too young. Anyway-" gosh Mayim you're amazing 😂❤

I wish I knew what it was like to grow up without smart phones, mostly to just live and have friends and go places.

I have 3 kids (5,4,1) and I was addicted to being on my phone...until December of last year, I decided to delete my Facebook and instagram. That in itself helped a lot. The next step is to disable my KZread app when they are awake and only go on KZread when they are all asleep. Not going on KZread is very hard for me but you are right; my kids deserve me to be present. I owe it to them to be present. I also don't let them go on any tablets or video games at home. Because of that, their imagination is amazing. I can literally take away all their toys and they would all still have a blast playing. I just subscribed to your channel. Amazing videos.

Well, two months living out of a tent certainly made me realize what's meaningful - I was the only one without a phone, period, and whenever I had free time, I would talk with my crew members, write in my journal, work on my book, compose a song, or just take a breath of the mountain air. Cold turkey's not for everyone, and since I've been back I've become unhealthily obsessed, but I hope to take the lessons I learned from this summer forward into the rest of my life and get a grip, so to speak. (My dad has never had a smartphone at all, and I envy his couldn't-care-less attitude, but it's harder once you've gotten sucked in to be so nonchalant.)

Love this so much. So now I turn my phone off at night at leave it downstairs if not I end up scrolling all night in bed instead of sleeping

I bought a record player and sometimes when there is a lull in my day, I put on a record and dance to it...my dog thinks im crazy

LOVE LOVE LOVE Mayim! Great video and just what I needed!

I really needed this video now. Thank you Mayim!

This is true. I’m a 90s baby and my family literally used to sit around the table and eat dinner having a full blown conversation. No phones. No nothing. Nowadays you only see things like that in movies lol

I love your videos mayim! You are such a nice person! 😍

I feel you Mayim! I scroll through Facebook in the evenings when I should be relaxing almost as a nervous habit.

I always carry a book with me so if I'm waiting for class or riding the bus I can read. I feel like you are using your time better and you somehow look more approachable! I didn't get myself a smartphone until I was seventeen so I had plenty of years of watching other people and learning what I didn't want to become.

I’m considering buying a flip phone, those aren’t addictive and take forever to text!!

@peggysola3405

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Me too. I'm thinking about it😊👍🏽

@tacorda50

3 жыл бұрын

that's so cool! there's a youtuber that did a video on using a flip phone for 30 days, his name is Matt D'avella

Let's get back to old school ways of communicating. Less Facebook and no TV and no cell phones at the dinner table. It makes for fine conversation with the family...etc.

I just stumbled upon your channel, and I have watched your videos about being vegan, breathing, and losing the phones back to back. I am super inspired and I hope you continue to inspire more people !!

I love everything about this video! I am definitely going to be more aware of my phone usage

The hit the subscribe and notifications button is ironic considering the title 😂

@jackielinde7568

5 жыл бұрын

I never hit the notification button. I figure I'll catch it in my subscription list of videos. Besides, I don't want KZread telling me when to watch the videos. Who has time for that kind of negativity.

@93maija

5 жыл бұрын

100% agree!

@TraceyMush

5 жыл бұрын

You can get "notified" when you go on youtube or if you're already on. No need to have notifications sent to your phone. l like if l'm on youtube watching something and a page l really love has a livestream or a new post. Hate to miss the live stream but l choose to not get it if l'm not online.

Mayim, I love your great ideas....our lives sadly revolve around the Almighty Cell Phone. I try to not depend on mine in increments, cutting back by 15-20 minutes each day, leaving the phone in the bedroom at mealtimes, etc. Trying to be more present. Great topic, let's keep the conversation going !

Thank you so much for this video, I really need some help with my phone addiction. I sure will try to do some of the things that worked for you. Thanks again!

Thanks for bringing this topic up. This has been so hard for me. I have two boys I am raising and I just recently started having more time with because we changed parenting times. I have restricted a lot of things on the phone but it is still a struggle to get them to put the phone done. We have it now where when we are eating the phones are down. Sometimes they even have to remind me that it's a rule.

I'm a slave to my phone but I have been getting better at being not so dependent on it. I bought a planner for note taking I also leave my phone at home when going out with friends. I was born in 93 so I remember prank calling people on our land line phone and hearing the awful dial up tone when wanting to go onto yahoo kids and the barbie website. I also remember watching the Jetsons \the Flinstones because they had re-runs playing on cartoon network back when it was still called Hannah Barbarah.

@SUGAR_XYLER

5 жыл бұрын

I loved pranked calling now I just troll 😗

Our son (13)doesn’t have a phone so if he uses one of ours it’s the one hour limit. I am on my one hour of phone fun time right now so congrats Mayim, your channel made the cut. Lol.

I absolutely adore you! I love how you caught your joke and your face was like "EH AHHH! That's punny! Go me!" I can relate to when you reminded yourself to breathe to calm down. You are my spirit person! You're so epic

I wish I could “like” this multiple times!! Thank you, you rock!

So I have this problem. I'm a gamer. But recently I do not play games often. Each day i watch KZread till 4 a.m. . And I will be like "Wait this video is interesting,I must watch" and that goes on and i couldn't stop

@zainabzubair1797

5 жыл бұрын

Me too. I think telling ourselves "so little is urgent and time sensitive" again and again would be helpful. It must start with wanting to watch that one KZread video and saying no and not watching it.

I’m so addicted to my phone I can not for the life of me let it out of my sight I’m so bad with it 😂

@laurenwhitfield2576

5 жыл бұрын

Mariah Carey’s Daydream same😂😂😂

@misslee9494

5 жыл бұрын

Same 😔

@RT-gs7fj

5 жыл бұрын

Go camping where there is no cell service for 2 weeks.

@SUGAR_XYLER

5 жыл бұрын

@@RT-gs7fj I'd love to go without seeing Mariah for that long 🖒

I have started reaching for a book on the morning, at night, or while nursing. Its calming. I feel like I'm accomplishing something and not distracted by all my phone has going on. Also leaving my on phone in the house when playing outside/gardening. And carrying a notepad/calendar instead of relying on my phone Great video!!!

It's truly amazing that what initially was a need overtime becomes a want disguised as a need. I was about 12 when I got my first (basic) mobile phone 13 years ago only due to my dads ill health. It was literally able to call and text. That was it. Now I'm somewhat addicted to scrolling social media on a smartphone. 2019 is the year I aim to reduce my social media consumption, instead focusing on reading and learning.

I remember calling my friends and leaving messages to their family, or waiting 2 hours for a friend in a park, because we couldn’t contact him lol. I lived that times as well. Oh, and searching info in a library, wow, I really appreciate where we are now with tech. We need to learn from this, not shut out the amazing tech we have now. Learn and adapt and balance. Because it,s advancing fast, and we need to adapt or frustrate ourselves with that. Lol Addie came on the video again. Btw don,t leave it in the car! Thieves are everywhere! And damn iPad keyboard, I can,t find some signs 😂😂

@hehe1780

5 жыл бұрын

Regina rgbcn Yeah, that balance is really important. Technology is extremely useful, but when we dissociate ourselves from real live people, I think that's when we need to take a step back and think about where we stand alongside the technology today. There are so many things that are more preferable for your brain and for connections with other people than staring at a phone screen every 10 seconds!

@anarita2998

5 жыл бұрын

You know having a way to hide from the world is a good thing and back then since there was no cell phones it was a blessing now if I do not answer the phone is 5 minutes people start thinking the worse "Has she fallen down the toilet or has she become deaf etc it ANNOYING :)

@malkaringel7864

5 жыл бұрын

Regina rgbcn. These keyboards are not made for keyboarding (typing) as I am a very quick n accurate typist. ......but the keyboards are not designed for thar!!! One needs a physical keyboard in order to input the data

@andrewbethea327

5 жыл бұрын

If I had to choose between searching for books in a library or using the internet for research and academic studies, I’d chosse the former, because I enjoy the experience. Sorry, google.

Hi Mayim, so tonight is the night that my smartphone is going to sleep in the bathroom cabinet. Tomorrow I will on my spend 30 minutes with my phone (ten minutes an interval) I cannot wait to be enriched. Goodbye phone addiction

I also leave the phone behind when I go out shopping or leave it in the car when the weather isn’t too hot. Love your channel, Mayim!

Holy moly!! This is absolutely fantastic. I plan to listen to this a couple of more times. Yes I would love to become more free from our tech oriented society that makes it feel more like chains to serve it rather than benefit me. You got me interested. Forgive me, but how wholesome how affirming this video is. I love it.

I feel weird liking this video from my phone. 🤔

I've gone back to paper! I carry a paper calendar and a todo notebook. And I feel much more organized -

Thank you Sister for your valuable tips I hope I can break my phone addiction

Love love love this. I use paper lists too after abusing the reminder thing on my phone too. Will try the leave the phone in the car thing too. I homeschool my kids so I made a rule not to touch the phone til lunch. It has made a huge difference in my days and my productivity. As well as my attitude. You are so right in about the newsfeed thing. Truly addictive and depressing.

These are amazing tips and I want to break my addiction so bad!!! My problem is my phone is the only thing I can entertain myself with while nursing my toddler and my baby. That’s a lot of nursing!!! Unfortunately it bleeds into he rest of the day 😞 I hate it.

@delfinwasser8597

5 жыл бұрын

Stephanie Eaves You could read a book. Whenever I realize I have been on my phone too long, I grab a book and start reading instead

@SUGAR_XYLER

5 жыл бұрын

Steph, try keeping your legs down TOO ✔

i keep my ringer off til 5pm everyday and i read and write then i go outside for walk:)

@SUGAR_XYLER

5 жыл бұрын

That sounds good. I'm an artist and will spend more time creating 🖒

The affirmations book in the mornings is genius!! I am going to start doing that!

Loved this video! And i'm definitely implementing these options. In my case, I started by reducing the number of people I follow on social media to the minimum and it has reduced the amount of time i spent on the phone, but not by much. I love the idea of not using it right after getting up or going to bed.