Recommended: Confessions of a Reforming iPhone Addict
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I am an iphone addict.
It sits on my nightstand at night, I listen to it when I exercise, drive with it, plug it into my computer at work, use it for work, listen to podcasts, keep in touch with friends, and play with it in the evening. I think it is safe to say that it is within 15 feet of me 80% of the time.
Those are not my words above. They ‘re the opening of a blog post by David Fish at his Life ‘s Work site. David is an attorney who runs a small law firm, and also an iPhone addict who is trying to reform and ease back on his iPhone obsession.
It ‘s a good post “ and I know I definitely recognize some of the (bad) iPhone-related habits that David mentions. I even find recently that my wife has also fallen into some of them “ like frequent checking of email, IM, texts, breaking news, and more when we ‘re out for a meal.
I ‘m glad to see that Davis is taking some baby steps to get past his iPhone addiction.
Check out David ‘s post here and let us know what you think, and how much you can see yourself in it:
http://www.lifeswork.biz/2010/08/i-lost-my-iphone-and-found-freedom-for.html
I ‘m thinking we might even start a little series on this if a few of you have stories you ‘d like to share. Hit us up on our Contact Page with your iPhone addict stories. Start them off with ‘My name is ____ and I ‘m an iPhone Addict ‘. If we get some good entries we ‘ll be sure to share them.
I would say my iPhone is on my person or within a foot of me 99% of the time. I won't leave it anywhere I can't reach over and pick it up.
I'm not far off that – though in my case it is either iPhone or iPad that close to me that %age of time.
Wow, thanks for sharing – and glad to hear you enjoy the site. I have a feeling lots of us here know that dependence feeling.
I used to be on my ipod touch all the time. One time I stayed up until 3 with it and couldnt put it down. Then i quit using it for 2 full days. Later i got an iphone 3g which i dont feel a need to use all the time, as it is not as fun on slow 4.2.1
I quit installing and deleting apps, and now, it isn’t so vital, and i usually use the music or phone functions