“I literally have not been on my phone for 10 months. The difference it made was that I became more aware of the people around me and way more focused. The thing I get irritated with is when you have a meeting everyone’s on their phone – and I was probably in that place too. You can’t concentrate. It’s a very strange experience but it really is good for you and it has absolutely made me happier.”
– Simon Cowell, to PageSix, on not being a slave to his phone any longer.
I agree, but that’s easy to do when you’re rich enough to have an assistant with a phone right next to you.
Well it’s easy for him to not have a cell phone. His assistant probably has multiple cell phones if anyone needed to get a hold of him. I don’t think a normal person could do. Although I would like to try to give my phone up for a week or 2… see how it feels.
My husband doesn’t carry a normal cell phone. He still has his bar phone from 2002 that only makes phone calls, no texts, no camera, etc. Most of the time it is turned off unless I tell him to turn it on because I will have to reach him about something. It’s annoying for me, because sometimes I’d just like to text him something, like a quick reminder, instead of call, but he loves his cell phone (and he’s barely 40 yo) and won’t upgrade even to my old bar camera phone. He just doesn’t want to be paying attention to it all of the time like everyone else, although I don’t think he would bc I’m not chained to mine either, even though I do like my smart phone because it is really useful. So, it is possible to have a life without one if you don’t need to be in constant contact with people.
I agree, but that’s easy to do when you’re rich enough to have an assistant with a phone right next to you.