How to Break Up With Your Phone
‘If you are a human being and you own a smartphone, you need this book.’ Jonathan Haidt
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Published:26th Dec '19
Should be back in stock very soon
This insightful guide offers a practical 30-day plan to help readers overcome smartphone addiction and foster a healthier relationship with technology.
In today's fast-paced world, many individuals find themselves tethered to their smartphones, often at the expense of their mental well-being. How to Break Up With Your Phone addresses this pressing issue by providing readers with a comprehensive 30-day plan designed to help them regain control over their lives. The author, Catherine Price, an award-winning science journalist, delves into the detrimental effects of smartphone addiction on our cognitive functions, relationships, and overall happiness. By exploring how excessive phone use can hinder our ability to focus, think deeply, and even form new memories, Price prompts readers to reflect on their own habits and the time they dedicate to their devices.
Throughout How to Break Up With Your Phone, readers will find practical strategies to identify their goals, eliminate distractions, and establish healthier routines. Price encourages readers to declutter their digital lives by tidying apps, reducing email overload, and setting aside dedicated time away from screens. This structured approach not only aims to reduce dependency on smartphones but also seeks to foster a more mindful relationship with technology. The author emphasizes that breaking up with your phone doesn't mean giving it up entirely; rather, it’s about cultivating a balanced and intentional use of technology.
Ultimately, How to Break Up With Your Phone is more than just a guide to reducing screen time; it's an invitation to rediscover the joy of living in the moment and prioritizing what truly matters. By following Price's advice, readers can embark on a journey toward a happier, healthier, and more fulfilled life, free from the constant pull of their devices.
The most important book I've read in years. Everyone I know needs it now. Life changing. * SALI HUGHES *
Price's book is an invaluable guide of how - in the author's own words - to turn your phone back into a tool, not a temptation. In these dopamine-drenched days of the smartphone era, hours can be lost to the mindless scroll. Price's easily digestible tome is practical, not preachy, and a must-have for even the worst phubber. * PANDORA SYKES *
By the time I was halfway through following Price's system, I was a convert -- Caroline Crampton * New Statesman *
Entertaining (and also terrifying)... this is a book that should be available on the NHS * Emerald Street *
To design a more joyful life includes reframing some of our old perceptions and habits. Almost no single thing in modern life deserves a reframe more than the smartphone. In How To Break Up With Your Phone, Price offers an accessible and clever way to do just that. * DAVE EVANS, coauthor of Designing Your Life and adjunct lecturer in the Product Design Program, Stanford University *
Fascinating, entertaining and extremely timely. Your phone is an abusive partner - get rid now. * WILL STORR, author of SELFIE *
A slim, insight-packed volume that's both a primer on the toll smartphone overuse can take on our mental and physical health, and a practical manual for a 30-day reset designed to put you on a path to moderation, this is a book whose message couldn't feel more timely, or more urgent. (No, really: after finishing the whole thing in one horrified sitting, I immediately pre-ordered 3 more copies for friends and family.)
* SARAH KARNASLEWICZ, Health *. . .a comprehensive, step-by-step solution to spending less time with your phone and more time doing the things you love.
* Booklist *This book should be number one! -- CHRIS EVANS * The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, BBC Radio 2 *
If you are a human being and you own a smartphone, you need this book. * Jonathan Haidt, author of THE ANXIOUS GENERATION *
ISBN: 9781409182900
Dimensions: 124mm x 173mm x 15mm
Weight: 160g
192 pages