3 Years Without a Smartphone
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2023
- I got rid of my smartphone and my life improved in every way. Smartphone addiction is the pandemic nobody is talking about. Let me share some observations I have made during the last three years.
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if you don't have cell phone and meet one who is using a cell phone he or she will be more intelligent than the one who don't have or use one so in that instance you are likely to be scammed the one who uses cell phone brain expand more than the one who have no access to cell phone.
the government can get you anytime with or without a cell phone.
Wow. I will pin this comment so that the community here can educate you a little bit.
"NaturalSelection8" has no idea that a thing called a computer is out there. All that wonderful world they think is exclusive to their phones, we that don't have phones can see exactly what they are seeing but with a bigger screen. 😊 I am dying laughing at the "more intelligent" creature that is preaching to us Philistines.
That comment is completely subjective. Has little basis in the real world.
That’s like saying if I have running shoes I can run faster than someone who doesn’t have running shoes…. Just a very silly. You need to spend more time on your phone to figure out why that’s a very incomplete thought.
@@lostcatastrophe0659 CHANGE IS INEVITABLE AND AWARENESS IS ETERNAL.
Well running shoe is a piece of gear which main purposes is to Better performance
Increased arch support
Reinforced comfort
Reduced likelihood of injury
Enhanced motor control
Greater stability
Breathability and more traction whoever what determines who win the marathon is not the shoes of course but one who reaches the marked finishing line first.
IT/TECH/HI-TECH is the new normal,neither evolve with the change nor devolve and .....
@@BjornAndreasBull-Hansen Ok im waiting with my pen and paper for my semester, ready to take notes.
I went to some relatives home, after not seeing them for months, they just stared at their phones. It truly made me feel invisible.
That's sad.
It's a sickness.
I went to a wedding a while back and I started looking at everybody at the table and then everyone was so engrossed in their cell phones that to me it seemed like they were unaware that a wedding was occurring all around them! What a sad world we live in
Point it out to them, be relentless. I went hiking with a dude the other day and he kept reaching for his freakin phone every other minutes becoz notifications he told me. Asked him to turn it off or turn around and go. He did. He was lost,we were pretty deep in the forest....but now he wont return my calls...lol no big loss.
@@quebecpatriot1874 That's great. Sometimes people need to be called out.
40+ years without a "smart" phone...it IS possible to live life without one!! It's depressing to see so many people addicted to them...
How?
Smartphones were introduced 13 years ago.
I guess you wanted to say off-grid.
Pretty sure they mean they are in their 40's and never owned a smartphone...
It's becoming impossible actually
Back then you also had a lot of handy things like payphones that are gone now .because they expect that everyone has at least a simple cellphone.
No it is not. That's ridiculous. @@user-mj9lq9vp3w
Living without a cell phone is a luxury I wish more of us had.
No, it's a choice. Through 12000 years of the history of civilisation people lived, and lived pretty well, completely bereft of smart phones.
I met a man yesterday named Jeffery. He told me he was orphaned since 8 years old. He taught me how to tie knots and told me all sorts of things you can do with everyday items. He is homeless and doesn't have a smartphone. Being responsible and resourceful doesn't require smartphone.
@@georgemcnally4473 I don't know, I mean if you're homeless or living off a trust fund, or have some work-from-home business where you don't need to have business calls, I could see that.
Most jobs I've had, if you don't have a phone you're not considered. My job right now requires one, since we have to communicate across a large property on-the-fly and we don't have walkie-talkies. Not to mention, my family would go apeshit if they had no way to contact me anymore. I just don't see how it's feasible for most people.
Unfortunately my business requires it
My work and study require smartphone.
Going outside and reconnecting with the natural world seems to be a much better experience.
Agreed.
Having a smartphone doesn't stop people doing that.
I have witnessed this firsthand. I went to a Library to reserve a study room and they DEMANDED I scan a QR code to make a reservation. When I told her I didn't own one her cheeks actually got red, and she became very angry and she said, "I am going to do this one time for you. In the future you have to use a smartphone." ROFLMAO.
So messed up man. I see shops putting in gates, soon you'll have to scan on entrance.
Wow how rude was that
haha, I don't use one either, during covid times I traveled, and the guy at the border checks was so hung up on me registering on the tracking app whilst on holiday that he gave me an old phone and sim card...then he asked for £20 and I said no, it's your problem, I won't buy a phone, so he gave it for free!
later on the way home I tested positive for covid so I did a second test in the same day tested negative...and was allowed to travel home. crazy.
My son couldn't complete one of his college classes without a smart phone app the professor required her students to use in order to pass her class. Also many rental car agencies, hotels and airlines won't make a reservation unless you have a credit card to use. Wild times.
Choosing not to conform to modern society unfortunately means you won't stand on neutral ground. One must be aware that if they choose to oppose modernity, they will eventually lose most of their modern possessions and severely weaken their relationships. This means that every day, they will encounter more difficulties in using modern services and navigating society. You are choosing to abandon all of that to live a more meaningful life.
18 months without a smartphone, people seem to get triggered when I tell them I don't have a smartphone, like its a serious issue to them, and i must be lying, because who can survive without it, I can, that's who✊
Lol. It is pretty pathetic
Yes! Yes! Yes! I love you.
Yeah, I went away to work recently and was the only one in the group not to have one.. Actually, everybody else - they were all younger - was quite envious that I could 'cope' without one.
Yes, it is amazing how people get provoked by this.
Yeah , i can imagine. It's like they are eating cake and want you to eat cake too, but you are on a diet or you just don't like cake. They just feel stupid to eat that cake on their own and can't understand someone not liking sweet stuff. lol
I've been off social media for over 5 years. I got rid of my cell phone about 3 years ago as well. I DON'T MISS IT AT ALL!!! It's like getting your old life back. I lived over half my life with out a cell phone. I saw a family eating out at a restaurant and they were all looking at their phones and not even talking to each other. I thought how sad it was.
I have witnessed that of family's and friends eating out too - when someone does that to me I feel like slapping their face, but just resolve not to go out to eat with that person anymore. It is sad and disgusting.
Um, YT is considered social media so your basically still on it.
Wow, no cell phone at all. I'm impressed 😊
Before smart phones i just read a book during dinner lol
@@MGMidget73they could be using a computer, doesn't necessarily mean they're using a smartphone to comment or watch videos.🫂✌️
My last human friend died last year and I threw my smartphone away afterwards. The only thing it was doing was recording my conversations and transforming them into a text file for further analysis. Life also becomes quieter and slow again without it so you can start to learn and enjoy simple things again.
I'm sorry you lost your friend
I am sorry to hear that you lost your friend!
I understand man. This is when we become our own best friend.
This was a perfect, beautiful comment. What is piece of mind worth?
My Smartphone is my company. My substitute for a family.
I’d be lonely without it.
Last week at a local restaurant, I watched as an extended family sat staring at their phones while waiting for the waitress to bring their food out. The kids and adults had no interaction as they all fiddled with their phones, except for who appeared to the grandfather. He was people watching in the restaurant, but the sad part was the fact no one in his family was talking to him as they all sat immersed in their screens.
This is all to common I'm afraid
I am not a grandfather, but this is my situation on every social occasion now.
People actually get very upset with you when they find out you don't have a phone. I got rid of mine about 8 years back and a family members wife asked me about it, and just shook her head and said "Oh, so you can look down on everyone that has a phone. So dumb." Lol. I told her that a little noise in my pocket (text) won't interrupt my life anymore and I like that. She was not amused. She's on it all day. Always has been.
You are exactly right.
My ex boyfriend used to get very offended if I wouldn’t drink alcohol with him when we were out. People don’t like having their addictions highlighted.
@@BanjoPixelSnackJust one reason why he's an ex?
Do you use a payphone when/if you need to make or receive a call?
People often really dislike when you are able to do something that they are unable or unwilling to do themselves.
I've never owned one period. I like to know that when I'm out and around that my activity isn't being tracked. Never, never, NEVER!
Without my smart phone I wouldn't get to see my favorite Bjorn. How can I see you without a smart phone or smart computer. I hate my new computer, my new maintenance job is based on plc tjat is similar to smart phones. I like old school stuff furing things out
Only if you're outside the urban environment. Cameras are ubiquitous now, take a look at any traffic light, roundabout streetlight, corner store shop front, even just regular suburban houses...
Sadly this summer our car broke down during our travels and I had to flag cars down to get help. They scrolled their phones to find local tow companies for us. After this event I broke down and bought a cell phone with a plan. We had to wait 3 hours on a highway for a tow truck. Once we arrived at the local car garage I asked where we could get a bus schedule as we would be without a car for 2-3 days. We were told all schedules are online and paper ones no longer exist. And no one could tell us where the bus stops were.
This is 100% an important message Bjorn. Thank you so much for sharing it. I’m only 24, but I’m even considering getting rid of my smartphone. It’s so sad that everywhere I go, everyone’s heads are just down, looking at their phones.
You are wise
I use my phone for language learning by listening to radio in foreign countries and watching foreign movies and documentaries to help my language acquisition. Smart phones do have their benefits but you just have to discipline yourself. TH-cam gives you a graph on viewing time so give yourself a guideline. We are not children so control yourself.
I grew up in the 70/80's when mobile phones and sat navs had not been invented, I feel sorry for younger people who never lived without such. I used paper maps and drove thousands of miles without a phone to use in the event of a breakdown for example.
Now I can panic/become anxious if I've forgotten to take it with me. They are addictive is what I'm saying.
Just do it and don't give it second thought. I did it and my life has become so much better.
I'm 29 and feel the same way!
I do not own a cellular telephone. The "Zombie Apocalypse" movies have all been a metaphor. We are in it!!!
I live in NH USA and I see and watch many Mom's Ignoring their kids even Babies under 2 years old- young children also trying to talk to their Mom who is pushing cart totally ignoring their children-- it is so sad to watch these children be ignored-- Sometimes I walk up and say Oh you have such beautiful children...JUST to make them notice they HAVE CHILDREN!
Oh my gosh. I feel the same way. I’m actually a mom, myself. I have a beautiful baby boy who is almost two. It hurts my heart to see so many parents glued to their phones 😢
I love your opening to videos with "Hi there." It's the cutest thing. My smartphone turned into a tablet. I got rid of the data plan and it only runs on wifi so it stays home. I have a dumb phone to take with me.
Great idea, me too
I was considering this...the main way they grabbed me was so many clients using WhatsApp now within the arts and freelance work which I can't use on a tablet...still I could take the plunge and just say sorry no WhatsApp! Worth a think.
I agree wholeheartedly. I gave up a cell phone years ago. We use a corded house phone due to my electrohypersensitivity. I also have not watched TV for over 30 years. I enjoy nature and reading actual books. You are correct about ill health effects. There exists decades of research and thousands of papers on radiation danger from Wi-Fi, cell phones, etc. I, too, become annoyed when someone visits and can't keep their noses out of their phone! Truly rude. How did we ever survive back when we didn't even have answering machines?? To me, not carrying a phone is freedom.
I have never owned a cellphone/smartphone Stephanie. It is sad that there are people today who never knew of a time where we all only had landlines and that was that. There was no internet and we had great happiness and freedom. I now only have a laptop and that's it. Being tracked 24/7 is no way to live!
@@ShadowMan66 I only got one when I was 51, for a job that required it. Otherwise, I probably never would have gotten one. I don't miss it one bit! And, I find it so disturbing that wherever you go, people are staring at their phones.... This tech we all use has sucked the humanity out of so many. Very sad.
@@stephaniegreen6888 I understand completely as now almost all jobs expect you to have a smartphone. I've also noticed (as my wife has to have one for her work too) how there are always confirmations to 'every' single appointment like people can no longer remember anything. When we grew up appointments were noted in a diary and attended. Also every service from blood tests to dentists appointments to Ubers etc all ask for a rating which if the people never gave then they'd have to stop doing it. This keeps people on the things longer too. It has sucked the humanity out of many...well said!
You are so right. And concerning the actual science on radiation from these devices, the towers etc. It must be the perfect example of how actual science is being framed as conspiracy theories while myths like there is no danger from these, are being portrayed as the actual science.
@@BjornAndreasBull-Hansen Years back, I became very ill, and had no idea what was happening. I stumbled upon a random YT video called Take Back Your Power, and after watching it, I looked to see if we had smart meters. Sure enough, we did. I had never heard of a smart meter, nor did I know about being sensitive to the pulsing, radiation, etc. The time of installation roughly correlated to my illness, so I started researching. I read a lot of Dr. Martin Pall, Dr. Magda Havas, and others. American doctors, useless as they are, have no clue as to electrosensitivity. Everything an American doctor can't explain gets marked as "anxiety"! I know you're very busy, but a very interesting book is The Invisible Rainbow (nothing to do with gender!! LOL). Also, The Body Electric, although that one is a bit dry and technical. Maybe one day we'll live in a world where people actually understand how their own bodies function, but we'll have to work on critical thinking first... Thank you for your videos- you are so rational and an example of what a man should be! Also, I enjoy the beauty of your country. I so wish I could travel!
I couldn't agree more, Bjorn. We even have the same dumb-phone! When I used to commute to work I'd be the only person on the train just enjoying the views, in a carriage full of smartphone-zombies. I work with computers all day, I don't need to carry one in my pocket too! Bad for your mental wellbeing.
Exactly. I write 5-6 days a week and on the other days I film or edit a video. I figure that's enough screen time for me. It's not even healthy for your eye sight, staring at a screen for so many hours.
Thanks! I to agree and will soon get rid of my phone. I miss the days we’re people did not have them. The days were people use to visit on the porch, when people with kids that ate out would actually talk to there kids , instead of just being on the phone. Date ing back then was better also. Girls only had attention from you. Not 100 other guys at the same time. 🎉
Be safe.
Be safe.
Thank you for sharing the positives of life without a smart phone. And sharing this message, which is important. I’ve just been watching the 5G Summit (which is excellent BTW) and just wanted to throw in the health implications (beyond addiction). People are getting a lot of cancer from wearing these things. Agitation, aggression, depression, memory problems and even suicidal ideation are also issues associated with being constantly exposed to the microwave radiation. People need to switch them off when they’re not using them. It’s the final kick in the butt I need to get rid of mine (which I’ve been keeping for my business but it’s 100% worth the temporary pain of removal). It needs to be over.
Well said!
I agree I am so much happier and I just have a landline
@@renriley66 my wife's country don't even use landlines anymore. luckily we do here in UK still. we are a family of four, and it feels so nice when someone asks "can I speak to X please"... "yep I'll just get her for you". Also nice NOT to be disturbed whilst out :D
Lol that is some tinfoil hat BS.
@northernswedenstories1028 why are you here?
Smart phones have changed what it means to be a human being. We no longer communicate person to person. We have to go through the machine interface. Well over a decade ago I would meet high level IT professionals through my employment as an electrical engineer. I would make this statement to them; In 100 years historians, if they still exist, will write that the electronics revolution will go down in history as the worst thing every to happen to mankind. They all did the same thing in reply. They would furrow their brow, look down, think for a moment or two, look back at me and say "You're right". Sad.
Just wait til they start putting chips into peoples brains, so many people would line up for it. :/
I remember in 2007 (smarthphones dosent realy exist at this point) I heard my neighbors talking in the hallway. One said to the other: "Yes, I'll see you online tonight, you're on facebook." I thought to myself: What? You live a floor away from each other? This was already starting to get absurd before smartphones existed. A friend of mine ran a dating forum around the early 2000s and he said it was weird: people who were still friendly at the party in the evening were throwing bad things at each other online two hours later. It seems like looking into a black mirror and using a mouse and keyboard all the time does something to people that we don't really understand today. Smartphones are only a step further, it seems.
I have never owned a smartphone, I can just about work a laptop and I am only in my 40's. I am more than happy to let the technology leave me behind.
I don't have a smart phone and have no intentions of ever owning one. I had one like yours but switched back to a flip phone. I don't even carry it with me unless I'm expecting a call. I have too much life to experience to worry about missing a call. Much Love ❤
Every day, I am amazed at seeing everybody sunken into their phones, and saddened. On perfectly beautiful days, their minds are funneled into these tiny objects, and they are fooled into thinking that they are out in the universe. People who live without smart phones, or at least use them minimally, really are thinking outside the box.
I did the same thing about 3 years ago also. The smartphone was a distraction for me as well. I work with my hands and the constant noises, beeps, etc., were killing my produciton.
13 years without a phone. People don’t believe me when I say , I don’t have a phone. People ask me, how do I get through life without a phone. My reply is always; just adequately. I don’t base my life on other people’s expectations.
Yes, and that's the process I'm in now, I guess. I might skip even the dumbphone.
Banking etc must be hard. They are making it more and more difficult to do anything that isn’t online.
hi Bjorn, i,ve never had a smartphone, got a wee nokia. i,m 56 and managed fine so far. love the channel Bjorn, keep going m8.
Smartphones are an addictation, OCD ... it sucks when you talk with even family and they just look at the screen. As you said - the era of meaningful deep conversations seem over.
I have a smartphone, I don't use any social media and unless you count TH-cam as it that's all I do on my phone pretty much just podcasts with a Bluetooth headphone in, I understand the importance of having moments of quiet reflection in your life and I fully respect anyone's refusal to assimilate ❤
I don't consider TH-cam to be social media. Although YT really, really wants us creators to treat it like one.
@@BjornAndreasBull-HansenTH-cam has definitely impacted my life in a positive way, i would of never found your channel if not for bullshit 'lockdown' in the UK while looking for likeminded freedom loving people aka 'dissidents'
I would definitely aim to reduce your youtube consumption though, say to 30 mins to an hour a day. Often people will delete social media just to spend as much time on here. Just remain mindful of your daily consumption and make sure to create more than you consume👍🏻🙏
Thank you Bjorn for everything you do
It's hard NOT to have a smart phone. I was the last person I know to have gotten one. You are so right about all of this. Phones have become the go to for EVERYTHING! Taxes, banking, jobs (I worked UberEats) I wish we could go back to the80's/ 90's. I truly believe that was the best of times. My son's father can't live with out a TV or phone on 24/7, freaks out and has panik attacks. It's so bad.
It's funny because it makes certain things much easier (like doing taxes, looking up phone numbers and directions, research) that we forget how much time we are actually losing by using them. It's not 'efficient' if we are wasting 5 hours on it in a day. It would actually be more time efficient to do most things the old fashion way and have hours of extra time left over still to do whatever with. Exercise, read, spend time in nature, be present with people, pray, visit neighbors, garden, learn a skill. But instead we are convincing ourselves we are being more efficient so we can't give it up.
The smart phone is one of the most misused technological advancements in human history, literally an information network in your pocket and we use it for porn and uber-eats 💀
rumour is that now uber eats accepts welfare as payment.
@@1439315 What do you mean? You assuming america is the world again? Welfare payments get paid into your bank account, you pay using your bank account...
😭
The most disturbing thing is the tracking and data collection of the consumer.
Don’t forget the cat videos 🐈⬛
The last one I had was a flip phone, so I think I have you beat by a few years. Lol
Never looked back and will never get one again. I watch kids in the same room texting each other when they could be engaged in a real conversation face to face. Sad really.
I also have a dumb, or burner phone. The problem is at some point soon, you won't be able to access banking or other services, or spend money without the smartphone
Bjorn, Im 68 and lived without a cell phone till around 2013. When I was younger of course Noone had a cell phone and we survived all those years ! Everyone today is constantly looking at one. It is rude when you are with someone and they cant put it away ! It was better without them ! Life was better...
I had to smile at at one of your true comments, Bjorn. Recently I had to visit hospital and I contradicted the doctor’s choice of some medication he wished me to have (which I do not and will not use). I knew (from my own learned knowledge) the contraindications in its use in people of my age…..HE spent ages (not seeing/hearing me) scrolling ‘Google’ on his Smartphone and irritated to check this!!!! I was right. I do have a Smartphone…only for emergency use…it’s to expensive now to use “Pay as you Go” ‘dumb phones’ because people keep everyone waiting for hours to answer their phones. All the comments you make are correct. Thank You for another great video. X
Well, from the beginning I have found the "analog life" better, more beautiful, than the digital one. All nuances, looks of understanding, meaningful little smiles, the flavor of the atmosphere, are missing in that digital contact. And yet so often it's the little things that mean the most, right?
Traded in my smartphone about 5 years ago for a flip phone. Call/text only. I have an iPad as my computer that stays home. My flip phone got left out in the rain two days ago🤣 doesn’t work now, oh well. If people didn’t have the constant distractions, they would be forced, at times to sitting with their thoughts, their lives and choices, discovering things about themselves, they may not be comfortable with. 😏 yup so, for a lot of folks, it’s a drug of choice, to escape reality, their reality.
I agree with your perspective on individuals becoming excessively emotional and aggressive when interacting on the internet due to their accustomed behavior of engaging in online trash talking and being rude, while facing no immediate consequences. This behavior can become ingrained and persist when they communicate with others in person, leading to confrontational situations.
I am amazed at how many people are using their smart phones constantly. I rarely see someone sitting and taking in their surroundings be it outdoors or in a building, restaurant or home. Friends and clients of mine are provoked by the fact that I do not own a television. They just stare at me amazed and then suggest a TV show that "I must watch"! 🤣 Takk for denne flotte videoen, Bjørn!
I have met up with friends and after a few minutes they say oh you have left your phone at home or lost it as im the only one not looking at one.
I have the same kind of phone you have! I never answer incoming calls. I use it to call my doctors and keep in touch with my daughter. Never had a smart phone. Never will. Stay safe and healthy Bjorn. 👍
I remember how dismayed I was a few years ago when in a hospital waiting room there was a book shelf. A little girl was begging her mom to let her read a book. The mom said something like, that's way over your head. Kids are always on smartphones and iPhones...I take public transportation frequently and usually carry a book with me. I'm not smartphone free...but when the government sent me a smartphone and tablet I packed them away in a box...I do not do 5G, and I'm not doing it on their terms.
3 years of freedom
Smart phone is a horrible device made by the devil
A lot of what you are talking about happening these days are almost exactly what my grandfather would tell me was gonna happen in our many conversations we would have when i was a child. We had these talks after dark with all the lights turned off. My eyes were so adjusted to the dark, it would seem the whole kitchen would clearly light up whenever he took a drag of his cigarette. Funny the things that stand out in distant memory
I like the campfire! 🔥🔥🔥
I had a dumb phone for years ($10 a month pay per minute) but when it finally died and my income dropped a relative provided me a smart phone and pays the cost, bless him. I use it for calls only and some texts (about 5 per week). I do like the camera. I will not be a slave to a phone. Wherever I go, I'm often the only one that doesn't have my head down.
I carry a smartphone, don't use it to tell time, but I do carry a faraday phone case. When in nature I put it in the case. I have test it. Thanks for the video, stay safe!!!
I quit social media cold turkey every year for Lent and it is so refreshing. I need to do it more than just 6 weeks a year. Hardly anyone even notices when you are offline. They are all in their own bubbles.
I don't know how or what way Norway will deal with this, but I suspect that in the U.S. here having a phone or type of device may one day be required for people to have so the authorities can know where they are at all times.
It won't be required! What would they do?! It's the same with this C-Thing and the va**ines! You don't have to! And that is what the people nowdays have to learn again! Say No to things you don't want! We have a own will!
Norway will do that before the USA for sure
@@belstar1128 I am sure this is true. It's been a long time since I've visited over there. I think the U.S. here will try it before Norway though.
Well, if so I will send it back and kindly tell them to stick it where the sun doesn't shine.
Norway gives it's citizens more freedom than the USA, traditionally. We saw that during Covid as well.
I admire you. You put your values before views and money and you don't compromise. Not many people left like that.🙂
You sit on a bus. All people under 50 have their eyes glued to the smart phones. Everyone!
I've never owned a smartphone. Had a dumb phone a few years. It's unbelievable the symptoms that come with proximity to smartphones. I get dizzy, nauseous (a symptom of breaking the brain barrier), various pains in the leg and brain fog. I can feel microwaves swell over me like a wave and suffer fast heartbeat and pounding heart, sometimes pain in the sternum. Bluetooth hearing aids can do the same thing and I found profound relief when I got rid of them. Thanks to you Bjorn for documenting your experiences without a smartphone. I found this interesting.
I've never had a smartphone, they stop you seeing what's going on above and around you.
For what its worth, i don't own a smart phone either, just one that can txt and ring people. i tried a smart phone for about a week, 4 yrs ago, and gave it away. I used to work in a hotel, and you would see families sitting at the tables waiting for food all on their phones, not even talking to each other.... and you mentioned peoples bad attitudes, i think some of the younger generation just dont know how to act around other people. so many are so rude, so angry and so needy.. i have only been subscribed to you for a short while, but i really enjoy your content. regards Jon
😮well I have to admit I am hooked on the phone😮. I am watching this video on my phone.
I did stop looking at my phone at night going to bed. I read a bit then sleep. This works out well for sure😊 I am a YT creator.
When I was younger I wrote poems often, now I don’t, this bothers me. I want to write again, reducing my time looking at my SP will help. Thanks and take care😊
I am with you on this. I have no phone at all Not even a landline. I only have a computer that my kids gave me because they are worried about me not staying in touch. I really don't want or need any phone that's for sure. Cheers
Never had a smartphone, my last cellphone was a flip-phone. I noticed the addiction displayed by the vast majority of users and rid myself of it. Best of luck to everyone who maintains their electronic leash.
Your 100 % spot Bjorn thank you Sir for addressing this very sad for sure
I don't need to watch the whole thing.
I see "3 years without a smartphone" -> I press like 👍🏻
I agree with you 100%. I just have a "dumb" flip phone" that spends 24 hours a day on the kitchen table....I check it twice a day, just as I did when I had an answering machine on my "landline"...I am happier, spend more time outside and enjoy "listening" to nature and working on the homestead! Smart phones make dumb people.
My husband and I are looked down upon because we choose not to own cell phones. We only have a landline. We don't have T.V. programming either, not for 13 yrs. now, and we don't miss it one bit. Dirty looks are something we've grown used to, and the constant "Well, if you'd have a cell phone......." Nah. We don't need cell phones. I have a desktop and I'm fine with that. I knit and listen to podcasts while I'm knitting, and classic rock music that I grew up with and don't hear much anymore (I'm 61). It brings back fond memories of simpler times --- my loving & devoted parents, riding my bicycle in front of our house, mowing the lawn, planting flowers, playing badminton & croquet in the backyard with my family, picnics, etc. It's hard seeing how much the world has changed. If I would be given the chance to be younger in the world we live in now, I would have to say "No, thank you." The cell phones have taken over the young folks minds, and even the elderly are walking around now (at least here where I live) with their heads buried in their phones. No one talks to each other anymore unless it's via texting, even if they're sitting across from each other in a restaurant. It's a mad, mad, MAD, mad world......
Thanks so much for your thoughts and insights, Bjorn ❤
Well said.
The social pressure to have a smart phone and be on social media is intense. Maybe it makes a difference what your local community is like. Where I live we communicate so much through FB that it's difficult to even function without it. I agree with you 100% about people not being present. I need to be intentional about not having TH-cam on when the kids are with me. I hate being on social media for the most part but here I am listening to yours truly while I stand in my kitchen baking bread. I am actually very busy but it's not from my smartphone. I milk a cow, homeschool, cook from scratch, work as a custodian/house keeper outside my home and I do not have any paid outside help. I have 3 children still at home and 2 that recently moved out. I find having an old world lifestyle in a modern society challenging. I am doing slow life things in a fast paced world. You can't really have it all. If you want to be "involved" in your community you have the opportunity to run constantly, so, I try to say no to as many things as I can and still have some friends. You don't provoke me Bjorn, you inspire and challenge me. Thank you for this video!
An integral human being, not infected by virality and tech-invasion. Our smatphones are becoming a terrible appendix of our brains... A little brain in our pockets every single day, buzzing any time. To get used to smartphones no-end I had to deal with a terrible stomach ache that turned into a worse sickness at the stomach, which I have been able to overcome though... Just a hell of Apps either down or up and continuous electrical feeding needs, recharching needs like a little baby right in your pocket. This man is perfectly right in living without a smartphone... Thanks for showing us.
I don't have a smartphone too, and I hope I won't be forced to buy one ever. I live in the middle of the medieval tuscan countryside and not having to deal with that constant nuisance in my pockets makes me enjoy my land even more.
You are blessed.I unfortunately live in a large modern city where everything is required on technology
As always Bjorn you are absolutely right when you say cell phones are an addiction like drugs and alcohol, it is that simple and no you are NOT boring just telling it as it is and people are just lost in what is happening especially the last 3 years if you know what I mean, keep telling the truth Bjorn even if the younger generation think they know it all and what you are doing out there is the best and nature IS the best healer.......THANKS 😉
Thank you! And now I need some bacon, haha!
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Well apparently 608 thousand people do not think your boring.
Hail Bjorn.
Got you beat there, I'm 70 years without a smart phone 😉! I don't like the way they affect people - and that includes people my own age i.e. two friends came to visit that I hadn't seen for over two years and one couldn't leave her phone alone. Also, I'm SO glad they weren't around when I was a student and glad to be well away from parental control!
I have been my whole life without one
Awesome!
Norway is beautiful ❤️. Thanks for showing it Bjorn. Bless you and your family. NATURE
Very true.. I hope this thing would hopefully somehow change in the years to come..
Admire and love the fact you have kept your identity.
Thank you Bjorn for All...
Love listening to your words, Bjorn. This one made me laugh a few times because, your 'spot-on' with your assessments. Stay strong, my friend.😉😊
Thought provoking. Thank you for your videos. They feel grounded and balancing. What a wonderful role to play in our transition.
43 yrs old danish man here. I have never owned a smartphone. I higly recomend it. 💪
Smart person
most people wont quit. but i have multiple friends here in sweden 18-22 years old who have this summer deleted all social media and even most of the time leaving their phone at home. and it's really nice to see
Only three years? My friend, I have yet to even contemplate buying one of those things. I used to have an old flip phone but I think I gave it up almost three years ago.
We have exactly the same phone Bjørn! Battery lasts over a week.
Thank you for sharing so many valuable and vital points here Bjorn. I remember vowing to myself that I would never get a smartphone - and yet I inevitably did! I am very aware of the addictive, dissociative tendancies that these devices promote. I personally set very clear boundaries with my usage, in company and in private yet I am still seeing a dependancy that does not sit well with my heart. The level of integration now with these devices is on a whole other level that is so difficult for many to extract themselves from socially and economically. The laziness factor is so true - there is alway another way through if you have the energy and motivation to seek it. Thank you again for your grounded truth telling!
I grew up without all the computers of today so I can see the problems they have caused. For a long time, I had only a flip phone but for the last few years a smartphone. I don't use it very much so when this phone breaks I will go back to the flip phone if I need to do anything else I will use my PC. Next year I will be on the road full-time in my RV van and enjoy the outdoors for the rest of my life. Take care, Bjorn.
BJorn if you can go 3 years without a smartphone than that's amazing in fact I'm gonna go without my also and never touch one I'm gonna aim for New years eve into 2024 that's a big goal for me keep your fingers crossed
Very true, especially the effects that the constant use of smartphones has on cognition and mental and physical health. As soon as we distract ourselves with these technologies, we do miss out on parts of our here and now. I agree that you can have a fuller and more joyful experience of nature, if you decide not to use your smartphone when out in nature, unless necessary. Loved the way you ended your message with the words, "Cease the day."
You might appreciate the Smartphones playlist in my channel.
Truly amazing. I'm on three years of Not watching tv. Next level , no phone. The problem is, as a contractor, I rely on my phone for business.
But people wouldn't be able to watch your video if they didn't have a smartphone.
I live in the middle of the Amazon jungle. Since my wife passed away more than eight years ago, I've been living an ascetic life but...I do have a smartphone but no radio or television. I happen to know the Nordic nature. I've been up to the north cape together with my late wife, the only one I had in my entire life. And for many years we went to the north and the middle of Sweden. We picked a lot of mushrooms in those days like kantharelles trumpetsvampar and other kinds which we used to dry in the public bastu's (saunas) and also wild berries. Even up north the berry called hjortron in Swedish. We saw (många älgar och även renar) many moose and even reindeer. Watching this video brings back very precious memories. I love Scandinavia.
Thank you very much for sharing.
I admire your choice Bjorn, and I think your viewers here understand that you can have a smartphone but still realize the effect it can have on you and define boundaries in their lifestyle on how much you let it interfere with your life. I have one and bring it everywhere but I learned to not to let it get in the way of living in the present and enjoying my lifes special moments. Memories are not made through a smartphone camera lens. I see many people especially younger ones who are always checking it and I know their lives would be better if they stopped the preoccupied pointless scrolling and trivial discourse on social media. Some seem to be so plugged in to screens that they forget to go out and live their lives. I used to be that way but now I notice I am much happier and healthier.
I haven't had a smart phone or any cell phone for about 3 years as well, I only have a landline. I feel like I have re-engaged in life, I have made very similar observations as you. I'm off grid most of the spring, summer and fall and several weeks throughout the winter. I don't think I will ever own a smart phone again.
I wish I had that option... if and when I do, my plan is exactly what is what you've done.
Most social media uses don't even notice all pictures have filters now. And that is just the tip of the issues.
I've been noticing this since smartphones got introduced nearly a decade ago. People are always glued to their screens or in the very least, holding their phones and can't seem to pocket them. I also see a lot of people who check their phones every several minutes and can't seem to relax. I actually experienced the time when phones were just mainly for calls and texts, I missed those times. Life right now is complicated, and so are phones, especially with social media joining the fray. I thankfully have learned to pocket my phone and can leave it alone for hours and not feel uneasy about it. I feel sorry for people who got addicted to their phones.
I have a coworker who is a textbook example of a phone zombie, he always had his phone out and is using it. One time when we were travelling, he almost fell over just standing still while lining up and at a different time, almost hit a concrete pillar. It really boggles me.
A point of "living" is to feel!
I will be moving back to Lithuania after 17 years in the UK, growing up from 9 years old here. Cannot wait to surround myself with nature and maybe try to cut down phone usage by clearing out junk and dumb apps. Only necessities.
I switched back to a "dumb phone" two years ago because of a previous video you posted. I am grateful.
❤ your videos! People's brains get rewired from too much technology. This is all by design. There has been a campaign for years to dumb people down. I am happiest when I'm working in my garden and spending time in the woods. My daughter and I love whittling.
I agree, i noticed the amount of time i received when i quit using. Then watching others the amount people who can't stop looking at it. I thought of switching to a flip phone to help change the habit. Thank you for sharing
Bjorn is my new Sherpa. Guiding us all down the old pathway. I watched a video of 4-5 20 year olds in a room. They removed their smartphones. After 3-5 minutes they were fidgeting, squirming etc. They were reduced to addicts freaking out like they needed another hit. Scary.
Keep up the great vids mate
Love from Scotland 🏴 😊
Thanks, I am glad you like them!
@BjornAndreasBull-Hansen Here in Scotland we have low flying planes and helicopters between 1am and 3am and a weird dust on our cars etc, migrants are now moving in local with our hotels closing to house them, scary times
We all need to stick together 👍
Love from Scotland 🏴
I have encountered everything that you say about "smart" phones. Many relationships have ended in my life because of the lack of attention/short attention span etc. that you outline. But I stand with you on this...and much much more.....respect.
Thank you for your honesty it is much appreciated.
Thank you for this message! Needed to hear this today ❤