I Have An Unhealthy Relationship With My Phone

I have a very unhealthy relationship with my phone, I admit it. Whether I am scrolling through social media, liking tweets, retweeting pictures of cats or playing the Hogwarts Mystery game (fyi how amazing is it?! If you haven’t played it yet, download it.) I am pretty sure that I couldn’t live without my phone, my life revolves around it, from blogging, to friends and family it is a necessary item in my day to day life. There is a reason for the caption, I am that friend that would sit there on my phone during catch ups. I’m awful.

I feel like my phone is my comfort blanket especially in social situations, I get anxious and I think by being on my phone even though it is quite rude it is literally my coping mechanism.

My husband always makes fun of me because of the amount of phones I’ve had over the years, whether it was my Siemens phone or even the Sony Walkman phones that everyone had and sending songs via Bluetooth that took about half an hour to send and end up playing almost as you’re walking into lesson. I was also always that person that would forget to lock my phone and end up pocket dialling someone.

Anyway I have kinda gone off on a tangent now.

Now I do pretty much everything on my phone, I really do. It has allowed me to meet new people including making life long friendships in the blogging community, grow a successful social media following, snap photos with my family and have little memories.

But even though it does all these lovely things it really does take time away from me.

Have you ever started scrolling through social media and then 3 hours later you’re still scrolling through and wonder where the time has gone? Yep that is me. Or  you’re trying to fall asleep at night and you think oh I’ll just catch up on social media, or I’ll play a game, and you never fall asleep.

I cannot count the amount of hours I’ve lost just being on my phone, I have such an unhealthy relationship with my phone.

If I’m not on it, I’m wondering where it is – or maybe that is because I’m such a plonker sometimes I put it down and forget where I’ve left it.

So how am I going to break up with my phone? I mean besides losing it down a rabbit hole and pulling a whole Alice in Wonderland stunt?

Take more time away, be more productive, even if it does mean taking a break from Hogwarts Mystery, as much as I love it, I feel like we need some time out.

I think after a certain time maybe 9 because I do like to do some blog chats in the evening, I’m going to be putting my phone down, chilling out and just living in the moment. I know that I’ll probably end up relaxing and falling asleep quicker at night if I don’t have my phone on hand 24/7.

There is more to my life outside of my phone.

A quick apology to my friends, husband and family, if I’m on my phone during our times together, I do love you all. Honest.

Do you relate? Let me know in the comments?

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