Hi Hive Lovers
It could be that most people "have been held hostage" by their smartphone devices because everything has become easier because of their existence; even people have become dependent on smart phones, and when the smart phone dies or disappears, a person's life seems to be paralyzed or dead.
It must be admitted that smart phones have become a basic need for everyone on this planet. You will be connected anywhere and with anyone as long as you are within the reach of your internet. But I got the result after losing my smartphone, as I mentioned in my post yesterday.
Smartphones has brought us closer to people who are far away and kept us away from people who are close
A person's dependence on smartphones has caused major changes in the pattern of social interaction in the global community. You can notice how someone has lost their "presence." That even though someone is physically in a room or situation, smartphones have made them not fully there. For example, a husband and wife are in bed or at the dining table, but when their smartphones are in their hands, each of their presences is only in cyberspace on their smartphone screens.
People have literally "altered" their interaction patterns due to the advent of smartphones. I call them smartphones, "which have brought us closer to people who are far away and kept us away from people who are close". How could it not be when someone is very passionate about interacting in cyberspace with other people in other parts of the world while the closest person who is actually beside them is really ignored?
They are so afraid of being cut off from virtual world interactions, but don't worry about being cut off from the people closest to them in their real world. So for some people, losing access or being without a smart phone in hand has caused anxiety. They have been known to experience nomophobia.
Nomophobia; no-mobile-phone phobia. Wikipediadefines "nomophobia" as a syndrome of fear of not having a cell phone (or losing access to a cell phone).
Smartphone addiction is a stark reality. You can pay attention to those around you or you yourself experience it; if you experience it, most people have been continuously checking their smartphones most of the time, even though there are no rings or notifications from various applications on their smartphones.
Whether you realize it or not, the various applications on a smartphone are addictive. You can check reports on the duration of use of various applications on your smartphone; some of them really help your daily mobility, but some of them are just empty entertainment for you. Do you feel it?
I experienced it
This is my second day without my smartphone, and I have realized that those two days without my smartphone have been entirely different.
As I stated in my article yesterday, I don't want to completely cut off communication with other people, especially with my family and work colleagues. So I've bought a small, cheap cell phone that can only be used for making calls or sending short messages.
Yesterday I bought a "non-smart" cell phone, the Nokia Type 105, for 12 US dollars. At least I or someone else can communicate with each other, even if it doesn't help much at all. There are many complaints from my work colleagues about why I don't check messages on my smartphone. !LOL
(I borrowed a friend's smartphone camera to take these photos)
You know that people have left a lot to call each other if it's not very urgent, or even don't send messages to each other through short message services because many other applications available on their smartphones are more effective for that.
The first day is the hardest day for me; how come? So far, I have been greatly helped by the presence of my smartphone, and on my first day since losing my device, I felt like I was living in the stone age. I would lose a lot of information and a lot of things because of it.
I already have a lot of anxiety about losing a lot of things in my life going forward, at least in a few months, as long as I save money to buy my new smartphone again.
What changed because of that loss?
Two days without a smartphone in my hand had caused me great stress, but I had to keep going and needed adjustments. I was determined that my life should not be "paralyzed", let alone have to "die before I die". The loss of a smartphone has left a painful void. But behind that, I got a lot of valuable lessons, especially how in the future I have to prepare something not to lose a lot of valuable things due to data loss and a lot of documentation of my various activities. If I have to lose my smartphone again, I don't expect that to happen again.
This second day is about my growing awareness that a new way of looking at things has been created, and that is a very valuable lesson. The most important thing for me after two days of losing my smartphone is that I will immediately improve my interaction patterns with the people closest to me. I feel I have to be more present in the midst of people who love me and repay their attention and kindness by responding to them with all my heart. With my 100% attendance, even if I have my new smartphone back later.
Don't lose it
Before you lose everything (you don't just have to lose your smartphone), that is something you should pay close attention to: the quality of your time together with your spouse, husband or wife, children, family, or friends is the most important thing.
You can buy your new smartphone if you lose it, but the quality time you have with the people you care about is something that is very valuable and cannot be recovered if you have lost them.
The existence of a smartphone makes many things easier, but it can take away a lot of valuable things if you cannot control its use, especially if you are addicted to it.
Take care of yourself so you don't experience nomophobia.
