Can you go 4 hours without looking at your phone?

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  • ElizaRoche
    ElizaRoche Posts: 2,005 Member
    no way, Im addicted to it
  • thoseblueeyes
    thoseblueeyes Posts: 812 Member
    I wish I could then maybe I wouldn't be so damn busy all the time. lol
  • RobKarmic
    RobKarmic Posts: 108 Member
    I think I haven't looked at it in a couple days now... although I have Aspergers
  • soaringlikeaneagle70
    soaringlikeaneagle70 Posts: 44 Member
    Best solution of all (for me) - no cell phone. To me, it's like being on a leash.
    i agree
  • Eric38877
    Eric38877 Posts: 41
    Hell no
  • Stephen_L
    Stephen_L Posts: 7 Member
    5 days.
  • chervil6
    chervil6 Posts: 236 Member
    i can go 8 hours without looking at my fone , when im sleeping lol :laugh:
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    Yes.
  • AggieFan2011
    AggieFan2011 Posts: 551 Member
    I can definitely do it, but it's not always easy. I know this summer when my family rented a beach house I would go out to the beach in the morning and leave my phone inside and wouldn't even go back to the house until lunch time or later. It was actually extremely relaxing not being tied to it, but I don't think I could live that way all the time, sadly. Half of the time I just check it out of habit boredom though sadly, and not because I really need to use it.
  • kcoftx
    kcoftx Posts: 765 Member
    To be fair and to answer your question--an hour would be hard. The exception to that is if I'm out enjoying water sports, hiking, etc.
  • emmyloulikenew
    emmyloulikenew Posts: 11
    I went all day yesterday because I left it in my coat pocket. :')
  • 2essie
    2essie Posts: 2,861 Member
    I could go 4 years without looking at mine. I hate phones
  • valinusultionis
    valinusultionis Posts: 6
    Apparently, I'm strange. Not only can I go four hours without looking at my phone, my SO yells at me for not even carrying it with me everywhere. Something about why have it if I'm not going to use it? *shrug*
  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,670 Member
    haven't even looked at my phone today

    where did i leave that thing, anyways?

    *goes searching
  • kotarah
    kotarah Posts: 25
    this is so tough! I'm always checking my phone! I think I'll do it tonight though. Right after I unhook this phone I'm not going to pick it up for four hours!
  • curvygirl77
    curvygirl77 Posts: 769 Member
    Yes, maybe a week
  • harvo
    harvo Posts: 4,676 Member
    I use mine for my part time job but I do "make myself" unplug from time to time. it is refreshing!
  • saraann4
    saraann4 Posts: 1,296 Member
    We aren't allowed to be on our phones at work. It's forbidden and we could get fired on the spot if we are found texting or doing anything with our phones. So yeah, I can go 4 hours without it. On the weekends, I'm on it constantly.
  • ryall70
    ryall70 Posts: 519 Member
    Nope, if I do it is a rare occasion.
  • jaysonhijinx
    jaysonhijinx Posts: 663 Member
    Yups!
  • CherokeeTopaz
    CherokeeTopaz Posts: 299 Member
    I could go all day if I wanted to.... but I don't have a smart phone. lol I don't really use my phone much unless I'm not home... Or unless I have another reason.. not just to check facebook. Facebook is a hassle to check on my phone anyway. lol
  • WeekndOVOXO
    WeekndOVOXO Posts: 779 Member
    Every night between 1am and 6am. I've done my part.
  • vice350z
    vice350z Posts: 1,066 Member
    Question is can I go 4 minutes without looking at my phone?

    This...i'm addicted to my phone.

    A great app for texting is Mighty Text...lets you read/reply to texts on your computer. Great if your phone is not near you and you're on the computer.

    GroupMe also..reply using phone or computer.
  • lamby284
    lamby284 Posts: 167 Member
    yes
  • MOMMYSMONSTERS2PLUS4
    MOMMYSMONSTERS2PLUS4 Posts: 1
    No. I wake up to check my missed call's, tm's and FB. When I'm awake I pick up the phone every 20-30min to see if I missed a call or if the ringer is on because it's been silent for too long. I just told my 2 children we need to try and go a weekend with no cell phone, internet, tv, iPod's, Kindle's, Nintendo's 3DSxl's, no gaming systems, no electronics at all. I'd be the 1st to lose my mind!!!
  • tuckerrj
    tuckerrj Posts: 1,453 Member
    Don't have a smart phone. I throw my cell phone in a drawer when I get home from work on Friday & don't pick it back up until I head off for work Monday morning. Also, it gets turned off every night from 10 pm until 5 am. . .
  • Shellsmiley
    Shellsmiley Posts: 323 Member
    Well, when I had my Blackberry, it was difficult because it was my life line to my self-employed businesses as well as steady day job, friends, family, appointments, etc. I was always looking at the phone or talking to somone for one reason or another. But now, I have my OLD Nokia because my BB got 4 freaking drops of water on the keyboard (4 drops!!!) and it completely died! Stupid phone. I'll never get one again!

    Maybe this gives you an idea:

    BB: 100+ texts sent per day / 150+ texts receive per day EASILY
    BB: Min 5-10 calls per day outgoing / 5-10 calls per day incoming EASILY

    Nokia: 5-10 texts sent per day / 20-30 texts received per day
    Nokia: 2-4 calls per day outgoing / 0-3 calls per day incoming

    I TRY TO STAY off my phone as much as possible now. Also, it doesn't help that it feels like my brain is frying after a while, or at least my ear!
  • Shellsmiley
    Shellsmiley Posts: 323 Member
    Don't have a smart phone. I throw my cell phone in a drawer when I get home from work on Friday & don't pick it back up until I head off for work Monday morning. Also, it gets turned off every night from 10 pm until 5 am. . .

    Oh how I envy you!!
  • kannd86
    kannd86 Posts: 42
    Yes. I can go an entire day without looking at my phone. And it bugs some people cuz it takes me that long to get back to them about something. But if my phone is in my bag and my bag is on the chair and I don't have to leave the house one day, I'm not babysitting my phone the way I do when I'm out/at work. It helps that my phone is pretty low-tech. I can go on the internet, but it's very basic. I could buy games, but they would drain the battery very quickly.

    It would be much harder for me to go without a computer.
  • Motivated_Mom_4
    Motivated_Mom_4 Posts: 87
    Only when my kiddos ask me so nicely to use my phone to play some games. I minimized the problem by breaking down and buying a tablet for my 9 year old for Christmas. My 4 year old is a whole different issue, but I can't say I exactly mind watching her play her alphabet games or listening to her try her hardest to read stories on it while sitting in my lap :) When she is done...I'm back to checking messages...

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