How to Break Up With Your Phone

「令人驚艷、有趣也非常即時，你的手機是個很粗魯的夥伴，趕快擺脫它！」─Will Storr，《Selfie》作者科技越來越發達，現在幾乎所有事情都可以靠手機完成，各式各樣的應用程式幫你簡化生活，食衣住行都用得上手機，所以許多人幾分鐘就會拿起手機把玩一下，沒特別的任務也會滑一下手機，看一下即時動態。現代人對手機的依賴程度已達前所未有的高峰，因此有越來越多人意識到是時候讓自己和手機分開一陣子，長時間使用手機會讓注意力下降、記憶力減弱、視力受損等，雖然有這樣的體悟，但卻不知從哪裡開始，這本書就是你的解答。作者在本書中教你如何和手機取得良好的平衡，她的方法並不是叫你把手機丟在草叢裡，而是和手機重新建立一個健康的長期關係，作者架設了一個網站phonebreakup.com，設計了一個三十天的計畫，讓讀者可以一步一步達到目標。Is your phone the first thing you reach for when you wake up? And the last thing you see before you sleep? Do you find the hours slip away as you idly scroll through your social media timeline?In short, are you addicted to your phone?If so, How to Break Up with Your Phone is here to help.How to Break Up With Your Phone is a smart, practical and useful plan to help you conquer your mobile phone addiction in just 30 days - and take back your life in the process.Recent studies have shown that spending extended time on our phones affects our ability to form new memories, think deeply, focus and absorb information, and the hormones triggered every time we hear our phones buzz both add to our stress levels and are the hallmark signs of addiction. In How to Break Up with Your Phone, award-winning science journalist Catherine Price explores the effects that our constant connectivity is having on our brains, bodies, relationships, and society at large and asks, how much time do you really want to spend on your phone?Over the course of 30 days, Catherine will guide you through an easy-to-follow plan that enables you to identify your goals, priorities and bad habits, tidy your apps, prune your email, and take time away. Lastly, you will create a new, healthier relationship with your phone and establish habits and routines to ensure this new relationship sticks.You don't have to give up your phone forever; instead you will be more mindful not only of how you use your phone, but also about how you choose to spend the precious moments of your life.