cross-posted from: ani.social/post/8644067
One of the best quality of life changes I made for myself was keeping my phone out of reach from my bed, and reading once I go to bed instead of watching or scrolling stuff online. Disconnecting from the world and just reading a book (be that a physical book or on my e-reader) is such a nice way to wrap up my day. It’s quiet and solitary and it’s purely my time and I love that
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 week ago
all i do my phone is make phone calls, and watch netflix, etc.
computer stuff for computer.
i quit a volunteer group i used to hang out with because they insisted we all use slack on our phones so we could communicate 24/7. I was like ‘no i want to communicate in person only, or maybe occasionally by email. call me in emergecies’
got a lecture about how this made a boomer who was oppressing folks because using the phone/email is triggering for them and why not just have instant communication and expect instance responses and be perpetually anxious/enraged about the slack channel 24/7… because that’s like a better way to communicate about a group that meets like 6 times a month? OK zoomers.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Why do you have to be perpetually engaged with a slack chat? Especially in a volunteer group?
You can just ignore notifications. You’re not required by law to look at them asap. Slack in particular is great for configuring that. On mobile I have it set so only @here/@channel/@mes notify me, or direct messages. Otherwise I just ignore it until I want to check on things. Slack also has a built in automatic dnd so outside of business hours you won’t get notified for anything.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 week ago
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I mean, disable notifications, use like email?
Sure, Slack is not a standard and E-Mail is a mess.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 week ago
that’s what i did, and that’s made me an asshole. i was not participating in the way you are supposed to participate.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
The meme holds true for me, but I mostly just read on my phone. I know its probably not the best for my eyes, but it’s convenient.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 week ago
i ended up getting a portable keyboard for my phone i was writing so much in it. I insist all my keyboards have 10-keys because otherwise i have to hunt and peck for numbers and i have too much ego to do that. but it made writing more fun.