Pattern
A simple watch can handle calls, payments, or directions, so your phone doesn't have to come everywhere.
Practice
Let your watch do just a few useful things while your phone stays out of reach for longer.
Start small
Try one short walk or errand without the phone when your watch already covers the essential communication, payment, or navigation you may need.
Watch out
This first move needs a watch that already covers those essentials. A watch filled with alerts can reproduce the phone's interruption problem at closer range.
Builds on
Concepts
- phone dumbification
- Your phone keeps a few clear jobs and fewer alerts, so it works like a simple tool.
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