十条妙招助你戒掉手机
10 tips for disconnecting from tech
If the last face you see at night is the home screen of your glowing tablet, and the first is the email app of your smartphone, you officially need to cut it out. Here are 10 quick and easy ways to tap the brakes without resorting to hermithood or a life without ESPN updates.
如果你每晚入睡前是和平板的荧光屏幕道晚安,早晨起床后最先看见的又是手机邮件应用的话,你的确需要和他们告个别了.接下来的10个小妙招既能教你放下各类设备,而又不至于过上隐士般的生活,无法享受ESPN电视台的实时更新.
1. Get a dumb watch. 买块"笨"表
The average smartphone owner consults his device an astonishing 195 times per day. Nip the knee-jerk habit at the source and strap on a good old-fashioned watch. Definitely not a smart one, preferably a mechanical one.
手机用户平均每天看手机的次数达到了惊人的195次.从源头改掉这个本能习惯,去买块质量不错的老式手表吧.千万别是智能手表,最好是老式机械表.
2. Pick up a paper. 重拾纸媒
Instead of hitting up a social network or a newspaper app to breeze through news summaries and half-read a few articles, grab a paper and be amazed at how relaxing it is to read through the day's news. Not only that, we found our attention span has increased and we don't abandon as many articles. And fret not at the expense. Even the New York Times is $9 a week for home delivery, plus digital access.
别再在社交网络或者报纸软件上浏览新闻或者看文章了吧.你若能再拿起报纸就会发现,每天看看新闻是一件多么放松的事.除此之外,我们还发现这样更能集中注意力,不会让我们看文章时半途而废.费用也无需担心,《纽约时报》每周送到家也才9美元,其中这还包括网络版呢.
3. Listen to airwaves. 听听广播
Again, not a radio stream from your phone or desktop. Blow the dust off your old clock radio or handheld transistor, plug it in, and be amazed at how vital radio still can be. More importantly, you won't be tempted to check other apps and websites.
再说一遍,这可不是你手机和电脑里的广播软件.拿出你的老式收音机闹钟或者晶体管收音机,吹去灰尘,插上电源,我想你一定会惊叹它的重要性.更重要的是,你不会受到手机的诱惑,想要去浏览软件和网页.
4. Sever social media ties. 切断社网
We love hitting up Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to keep tabs on friends and relations. If you aren't willing to walk away from this ritual of keeping up with digital Joneses, then consider consolidating down to one service and picking a dedicated daily time for checking in — at your lunch break or at the gym, ideally. And turn off app and email notifications for the services you use, so you aren't tempted by all those little red badges.
