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Already not having my garmin watch buzzing with notifications is nice.
If the dumb phone is working for you then that's great but as an alternative, my phone has been on 'Do Not Disturb' for the last fortnight and it's great.
I have exceptions set up so that family can reach me but that's it, no mates, no apps.
I already had notifications off for a lot of stuff as I can't deal with the constant pinging and buzzing that some people seem to not mind but going full DND is great. Things are there if/when I want but aren't getting in the way when I don't.
M_V
I found the bargaining I was doing with myself interesting. I wanted a smart phone that was dumber than an iPhone. “I need a dumb phone that can do banking, calendar, WhatsApp across two phones, maps, basic web, etc etc.”
When really the answer is that I managed before I had all those things, so I can manage without them now. My brain has become used to having all that information instantaneously, and I think that’s the problem more than anything else. Because in reality, most stuff can be done later, when at a computer. Already not having my garmin watch buzzing with notifications is nice.
And my brain isn’t in the constant loop of trying to do or just look at stuff.
But the question is how long will I last?