Oct. 23, 2020
Of the hook: life free or cell phones
Most of us are tethered to our cell phones. Texting, tweeting, and checking emails and checking facebook likes are the orders or the day. Some believe these habits become addictive. Corporations are designing ever more clever ways to get us hooked on these attention seeking smartphones. With the increasing number of teenage suicides, brain tumours, gambling addiction, chronic anxiety, cyber bullying, pornography on tap (literally, 'with one tap' of your digit) why aren't we admitting the part these smartphones have played in these side effects of digital addiction? Karen realized her mobile phone was causing anxiety, dizziness, insomnia. She kept losing her balance, and realised that her sons were constantly distracted too. She describes her process where she abandoned her cell phone in search of sanity and to exact freedom from it. She describes this life enhancing process, the challenges, and the spiritual and relationship connectivity benefits