7 good reasons to turn off your phone now!

Many of us can not imagine life without their smartphone. After all, everything in it - contacts, reminders, to-do lists, appointments, social networking and other sorts of "utility" that fill our weekdays and weekends. It helps not to forget about important events and dates, allows you to connect with colleagues and friends wherever and whenever you want, send emails and to congratulate my friends to Facebook.

But today we want to tell you about how and why a smartphone should be abandoned.

sleep better

It would seem, what is the relationship between a smartphone and a dream? And it is, and, often, the most direct. For example, the habit to go to bed and finally look into the Facebook or email. What if it's some important message or response on the labor question, which you have been waiting for so long? As a result, we not only reduce the amount of time allotted for sleep, but sometimes can not sleep because once again surging emotions or thinking about work tasks in which to "dive" from the morning. That is why the smartphone is attributed to things taboo at the end of the day. Simple parting with your smartphone for an hour or so before bedtime will help to avoid insomnia and morning fatigue from lack of sleep.

train memory

Today, smartphones are all (or almost all). They remind us of all the important events, store tons of information that can be accessed at any time, free us from the need to learn to remember phone numbers, even those closest to you, etc. This is undoubtedly convenient, but at the same time, does not stimulate our brain to work independently and to remember information. Rejecting the ubiquitous entry in the smartphone, you will get an excellent opportunity to improve their own memory.

chat live

How often do you see your friends and who, in principle, call a friend? Social networks have changed the concept of friendship. We "add to friends" dozens or even hundreds of people, some of them have never been able to see in real life. Smartphones social networking has become even easier. After all, it can be done anywhere - at work, on the road, a cafe or a movie. If you give up the habit to spend hours on social networks from your phone, you will have a lot more time and opportunity to build a real relationship with people and talk live. It is worth to recall the experience of the chief editor of Fame Layfhakera Baransky non-active use of social networking.

Increase efficiency

In addition, the reduction in the use of the smartphone will allow you to do everyday tasks consistently and tactfully. You simply reduce the number of distractions, such as an urgent need to charge the phone, or thought about whether you have enough charge until the end of the working day. Little things, but they are also taken note. You will not be distracted various notices, application updates, and other signals. It is also a good practice independence and ability to make informed decisions, rather than in a panic to write a message "Chief, all is lost!".

And his ingenuity

Without the usual help of the smartphone, you will discover how you can become inventive, solving current problems in other ways. For example, instead of the usual Internet search answer to any question, you refer to books or directly to the people who will help you find the answer. So you learn not only to work with other sources of information, but also to filter the information by working only with what you really need, and not be distracted by everything.

reduce stress

In the end, you sigh with relief when you feel free from the powerful flow of necessary and unnecessary information, constant phone calls, SMS (including advertising) and other irritants, the source of which is a smartphone. You finally get the opportunity to concentrate on what you are doing, and to establish their own pace of work.

Reconsider their habits

Once you are at least temporarily give up the widespread use of smartphones, you can analyze and decide which features and applications you really need and which just take your time and energy. You might even notice an economic benefit by reducing their costs on phone calls and mobile Internet.

At first glance, these tips may seem obvious, but not everyone of us has taken any action to implement at least some of them. I, for example, long ago reduced the amount of time spend on social networks, but now noticed how many times I get distracted by your smartphone, while writing this post, and I realized that it could complete a third time, before, if the constant alarms and notifications are not distracted me from work.

Several ways to train yourself to use less than a smartphone

1. Do not fill up the balance of the mobile Internet, or set yourself a hard limit (mine is 15 MB per month)
2. Abandon the calculator and count in your mind. Excellent charging for the brain.
3. Often written in a real notebook.
4. Install the software automatically control certain functions of a smartphone. For Android has a great Llama, which can be used, for example, to set up Wi-Fi off after 9 pm or completely turn off the phone. So you will not forget to do it yourself and do not always bother to turn it on :-)

I decided to start with these points, I'm sure there will be new in the near future.

Tell us, and how much time you spend with your smartphone? Use only when necessary, and also noticed for an "abuse" gadget?