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Hi!! so i need some help (￣ ￣|||)
i really wanna move on from my smartphone because i feel like it's plaguing my life and drawing me away from my friends and family but it's a really hard thing to do (╯_╰)
smartphones are used for almost EVERYTHING nowadays, 2fa, qr codes, even basic things like entertainment of all things they're used for everything and it's so frustrating :(!! i was considering getting a flip phone with a hotspot as my main phone and then using my old iphone 6s as a backup phone in case i really need it but im worried about accidentally starting to doomscroll or something on it!!
additionally i dont have a laptop so that also makes it pretty hard because all i have is the lame school issued chromebooks and almost everything is blocked on there (including spacehey!! like what the hey man ヽ(#`Д´)ﾉ!!)
i have a lot of basic single purpose devices like my digital cameras, my pc (which is what i'm typing this from altho it is technically more multipurpose), an mp3 player, a discman and a cassette recorder/player, classic 3ds, so on so forth, but my main concern is being able to communicate without getting glued to my phone.
i've found myself checking discord, tiktok, instagram, and youtube at most every 25 minutes even though everything on those platforms have been really uneventful for me as of recently. every time i check i start droomscrolling and it's so annoying because i end up getting nothing done whatsoever ( ﾟ，_ゝ｀)
i havent gotten ANY chores done in a week and i feel so bad about it because my mom keeps telling me and telling me to do it but i just dont and that's another issue. usually im more likely to do chores if im asked to instead of told, but i dont wanna straight up go to my mama and ask "hey can you please ask me to do chores instead of telling me?" because i mean like cmon man.... that's my mama (￣～￣;)
ive been taking much longer to care for myself (like when i go to shower i end up standing there for like 20-30 minutes before getting in just watching youtube or doomscrolling) and its stupid its like the phone is fuckin glued to my palm.
i wanna get a laptop instead but they're all so expensive and as a junior still working on his driver's ed i still dont have a job, additionally i dont think my scarily now gpa would be able to even let me get approved by my school's career centre (if that stuff even counts idk)
i've also been looking at either the f1 horizon bluebird or the f1 horizon eagle but again i am BROKE.
my room is a mess, im a mess, im stuck on this stupid s25 ultra, i keep accidentally being rude to my mom which is also upsetting to me bc she works hard for me and i keep being a little dweeb, and it's overall just not helping me anywhere ( ͒˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ ͒)
in short i really just need advice, so anything would help :(
thank youu, nikolai out <(_ _)>
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Mushi
I'll tell you, I found this community on reddit, you might want to check it! It is exacly this, If I am remembering correctly it is "r/dumbphone(s)".
Either way, as someone who no longer uses theis phone much, I have this one application which makes my smartphone into a dumb one, forgive me as I cannot remember its name, but I am pretty sure I found it in this sub reddit.
But before anything, it would be deleting any applications that do not serve purpose and entratain you in a bad way.
Then is finding alternatives to those applications; hobbies, cleaning your room as you said, entratain yourself with the real world!
Good Luck!
_Rebel_
Tbh I've been thinking about doing the same as a little experiment maybe for being contacted get a cheap older phone just to text and such
iPod or an mp3 player for music
Computer or laptop for anything else
For entertainment maybe some handheld console like a DS or PSP?
And if you wanna take photos maybe like a digital camera
If you wanna get a cheap laptop maybe a Thinkpad? And switching operating systems for a lighter OS like Linux mint or something I think Chromebooks can also run it and are cheaper BUT not all models can run it so you need to look at the specs
by _Rebel_; ; Report
tysm dude these are great recs
i have a 3ds, an mp3 player, and a digicam so i have that much down
i would go linux but i dont know nothing about it and idk how the community is with newcomers, some tech communities are scary when you first join em ;_;
by nikso509; ; Report
Extremely easy bro but for the love of GOD do not go to like ARCH or something go to the Linux mint website and I suggest trying it out if you have a USB follow the guide to install it on the Linux mint website mint is more user friendly for people who come from things like windows I recommend atleast trying it you can dual boot which means have both Linux and the other OS you have and switch between the two freely but ehh if you wanna go into it go into the Linux mint subreddit and look around a little I was scared too to use it but mint is so user friendly and free unlike windows and runs really well on literally any computer that has 4gb of ram or more
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