How to Break Up With Your Phone
By CATHERINE PRICE
Nine ways to have a healthier relationship with your phone.
The moment I realized I needed to break up with my phone came just over two years ago. I had recently had a baby and was feeding her in a darkened room as she cuddled on my lap. It was an intimate, tender moment - except for one detail. She was gazing at me ... and I was on eBay, scrolling through listings for Victorian-era doorknobs.
I'm not going to try to explain this particular personal passion. The point is that a good 15 minutes had probably passed before I finally caught sight of my daughter looking at me, her tiny face illuminated by my phone's blue light. I saw the scene as it would have looked to an outsider - her focused on me, me focused on my phone - and my heart sank. This was not the way I wanted things to be.