Comments on: Less Texting. More Living.

By: Finding a great blog « A Drop of Rain

Finding a great blog « A Drop of Rain — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:02:41 +0000

[...] Put down my phone and start writing much less. [...]

By: Before the King » Blog Archive » Minimalism and Simple Living

Before the King » Blog Archive » Minimalism and Simple Living — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:14:50 +0000

[...] Less Texting, more living [...]

By: Simple Living News Update

Simple Living News Update — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:03:43 +0000

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By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:06:08 +0000

Excellent points made. I’ve never gotten into text messaging, and maybe that’s a good thing. I don’t see how efficient a text message could be when compared to a phone call.

By: Michael Michalowski

Michael Michalowski — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:38:03 +0000

I think that’s different. What you and your wife are doing is sharing thoughts, ideas and things which enrich both of your lifes. Your description sounds warm, loving and inspiring (the ideas). I would not want to miss something like that, if it means not sharing these things at all.

I bet you do your work even better because of those small but positive messages. It all really just depends on your perspective and intent.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:35:54 +0000

I send and receive between 20 to 40 messages a day. Mostly from my wife. When we are both at work neither of us can usually talk on the phone so we use it “talk” through out the day. Mostly just little ideas that we have, or thoughts about things that might be going on in our lives. It’s an easy way to share with each other things that we would probably just forget if we wait until later. However, I refuse to text while with friends or family.

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:11:57 +0000

Many thanks for this article — and the link to Steve Lohr’s NYT piece. You just inspired me to write a blog comment in response, for I couldn’t agree stronger on why I enjoy the freedom of leaving my BlackBerry in my apartment when walking outside.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:29:39 +0000

This weekend I took a couple days vacation to attend a friends wedding. I let my phone’s battery die. My charger was in my bag, but I didn’t pull it out. I simply let it be silent. It was wonderful.

By: unnormal life » Disconnect to live.

unnormal life » Disconnect to live. — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:11:55 +0000

[...] Joshua Becker from Becoming Minimalist wrote also about “Less Texting. More Living.” a while ago. Check out his blogpost, it [...]

By: Michael Michalowski

Michael Michalowski — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:57:25 +0000

What a nice coincidence!
I shut my phone for about a week now and feel much more free than before. I don’t really know why, but everytime there was a “gap” between two tasks, instead of relaxing or doing nothing and embracing the present moment, I grabbed my phone and texted someone. It is really an attention grabber, removing your focus from the present.

Your conversations become more meaningless, less special. You talk about anything unimportant and sometimes feel even annoyed by getting a message in the wrong moment. That’s not how I want to communicate with my friends..

It felt great to shut the phone off, but I will turn it on soon again. At least I think so. I just realized that I could leave it more often alone than before. This improves the joy of my life enormously.

Try it!