the less you start using your phone, the more you realize others use theirs a lot and are missing out on real life. Especially for gen z, there is a normalization of spending hours a day on your phone (even before quarantine)
Seriously! I realized that atp the only reason why I still have social media is to stay relevant with my friends cause I hate being the only person who’s like “what’s that”. Like my friends were making tiktok references a week ago and I was just confused because I haven’t had it since September . I used to hate people who would complain about my obsession with tiktok and the Internet (now they have social media lmao) but I’m starting to sympathize with them (how the tables have turned). I am not one of those people who are like “ugh I hate phones yadada” but I would like to talk about other things outside of the Internet sometimes. Like the content of the convos I have with my one friend is just tiktoks and it gets annoying sometimes cause I’d like them to talk about themselves rather than tiktok.
@@mel_ty9500 yeah same! and I see what you mean, like everything is related to trends online rather than topics to talk about with friends not revolving around technology. I recently had to evaluate how much anime I was watching because I found that it was all I would talk about with people and it was an obsession. Our generation has forgotten the joys of talking about life and stuff not relating to trends.
i totally agree with this, but i don’t know what to do except go on my phone, laptop or kindle especially in quarantine. i’m a master procrastinator who hands in all assignments late (or never) which is really wrecking my school life. social media and films have been my escape :/. if you guys have any ideas of what to do except read books in quarantine i’d love to know 💞
@@blkbarbie2671 i really relate to this!! I'm slowly trying to take care of myself and do my assignments now, one by one, and so far it's going okay. My tips for what you can do is find a hobby! It can be like knitting/ crocheting (make cute clothes/bags/blankets etc. and it's really relaxing & fun to see the progress), baking and cooking for your family and make them happy, if you like drawing you can go outside with a sketchbook and headphones and sit somewhere and draw (take some food with you if u want!), i also want to try to start rollerblading when it gets a little warmer outside (: sorry if this is too much but i can write a lot more ideas if you want hehe
@@blkbarbie2671 I feel this :( If you would like some suggestions for how to do things different: First, maybe start consuming media in different ways. Get engrossed in an audio book, listen to a new album, watch a new movie, or a documentary on something you’re interested in. Then you can try to find online communities to talk about those things. I get that a lot of us are doing a lot of socializing online, but it would be cool if we could socialize about things we knew we were interested in. It might feel better!
omg I saw this the first time I watched this video and I went back onto the video to check MY comment and I'm literally brushing my teeth dkajdhhakdjsjs
Earlier today I finished the audiobook of “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy”, kind of related to this topic and it was one of the most intelligent and thought-provoking books I’ve read in a really long time. Definitely recommend it
I’m finally reading this (after reading the first 17 pages over a year ago then leaving it alone lol) it is SO good. Gives u so much to think about, makes a lot of good points. Glad i finally picked it back up
I do something similar to this every few months, but I always end up crawling back to social media. I am a pretty solitary person, and if I don't go on social media there's a solid chance I won't see a single person the entire day. I end up becoming isolated and loney, so I go to my parasocial relationships and pretend I'm not alone. It's definitely a problem I should work on
Love this video. I’ve been feeling the same way for a while. 6 months ago, I deleted all social media. Everything - Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, etc. All gone. At first my hands would absentmindedly open my phone and try and pull up the apps (so strange how engrained these habits were). This lasted a couple of weeks, but after, I felt liberated. I spent time doing things I really wanted - I took up running, writing, and reading. My mental health has improved soooo much. Sending love your way from London xx
Every time I'm not on my phone, I personally feel like my mood boosts so much more. So, I deleted my social medias for a week. A week no Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Discord, nothing, nada, zilch. I felt definitely a whole lot better. I hiked, I cooked my family dinner, I started my artwork again, and I continued to read more books. Overall my mood increased as well as my mental state. Social Media is so toxic. People create trends that make people uncomfortable in their own skin. So at the end of the week, I fell right back into a 'trance', scrolling through social media all day and locking myself in my room. To give you a run down, take some time off of social media, and take some time to find a hobby you can enjoy.. or spend some time with your family. -gabrielle
@@bluesoul1260 same. i wanna draw up my ideal life and start weaning off screen time to reach that goal. so i’d like to be cooking and baking a lot more, reading more books, sticking to a regular schoolwork routine, sleep schedule and exercising daily. but at the moment i have none of these - they’ve been replaced by my electronics. it’s sort of like manifesting, i guess? if i our time into making this a reality i hope i can achieve it :3
Adhd is not just cant concentrate thing, it has existed long before technology, please dont say things like this is very insensitive to people who have adhd, its not a fun thing to have trust me :(
I feel like a good way to cure *phone addiction* is to _customize your phone_ so that social media is no longer at the forefront of your phone usage. plus when you make it aesthetic, you get to look at pretty colours/ pictures when you're aimlessly locking into your phone (basically you're going on a _scenic route_ ). Another tip is just to _change the cover of a social media app to a picture of something that's negative_ (like a cute bandaid/ pills) so that your brain will _naturally_ start associating social media with toxicity. I explained how it's helpful to make your phone experience more intentional in my video (that I literally posted today like what are the odds lmao) but yea ew to -phone addiction- . I'm tired of being controlled by a device but I would personally not be participating in digital minimalism lol. I've spent a year without a phone before and it was really eye-opening but it's just not that sustainable for me.
Omggg girl this video was SOOO GOOD. The editing, message, all of it amazing!! girl u dominated!! Lol Also I feel so productive when I watch your content, like I actually learned and gained something. If I follow in your footsteps and try a digital detox, I wouldn’t be able to cut ur vids out of my life lol
My phone broke the day before yesterday and while I was going a day without my phone I realized how I could be more productive AND more peaceful without it
I stay in between the extremes of wanting to erase my digital footprint and having social media and using it constantly. I might need to go Henry David Thoreau.
I wish I would’ve done this last quarantine. I had soooo much free time last year that I wasted playing the game and mindlessly scrolling social media when could’ve been learning a new skill or picking up a new hobby:/
I took a digital detox for a month last year. It was the most productive I've been since primary school😭💀 and then after a month and a few days I went back to my phone addiction. 🙂💔
I would love to begin this journey but currently am living in a region that is in full lockdown so the only way to connect with people aside from my partner is through my phone... any tips or tricks for doing this while not being able to see friends would be awesome
Honestly I feel the same but it's so hard not to spend time staring at a screen during quarantine because I have online class and I can not go outside with my friends because of covid. The only thing that I can do is reading but because libraries and bookstores are closed in my area I don't have that many options.
The scary thing to me is that people who didn't grow up with smartphones or internet have the same habits. When I think of my childhood, I realize I have an addiction
hey can you make a video on how to afford NYU 🙁 i been seeing tik toks on how financial aid and how it’s terrible and i just want to know from first hand experience
Fellow 21 year old with a tech addiction here 🙋🏾♀️ I know I need to do this at some point but I also know that it’ll be extremely difficult and I’ll end up on TH-cam again too
if u guys have 10-12 hrs on ur phone a day and u can't handle a full digital detox yet, then i suggest using ur laptop as a substitute since u can't carry it everywhere ^_^. social media is harder to navigate here. once u do that for a week or two then start disconnecting from ur laptop as well.
I’ve tried to incorporate 2 days a week without my phone. Sounds so low, but I average about 7 hours a day. Sometimes it just music in the background, sometimes it’s talking to people, but I recognize it as a problem. I don’t like silence. I legitimately cannot stand silence. I’m an only child and reminds me of loneliness and the times I was just alone. I can’t do one activity without some kind of background noise, even reading even if it’s just music or something instrumental. It’s also hard for me to put my phone away because I have two little ones and I love taking pictures and videos of them, for myself, for my husband who missed it because he was at work and for our families who live far far away. But your video also makes me realize how much I need to just, try better but at the same time, not beat myself up over my mishaps. Thank you for this and I really enjoyed this journey with you. I’d love to see how things are going now.
do you have a goodreads or would you ever make a book recommendations video? really interested by the books you mentioned, seems like you have excellent taste lol
Just got done reading Cal Newport’s book, “Digital Minimalism”. It was really good. Phone addiction is a problem, especially among the GenZ group. I’ve deleted all social media accounts, and since doing that, I read 7 books in the month of January. Which is BIG for me! Normally I’d read 1-2 books a year!
This is timely, I've spent the last week not checking Instagram and Twitter since those are the apps that cause me anxiety and it definitely has lowered my anxiety. Gotta work on TH-cam bc the time I used to spend on those apps is now spent on here and Libby reading. After I finish the book I'm reading, gonna read physical books and just disconnect for the rest of the weekend. Thanks for sharing your experience. Really like how this is edited!
Congrats with the Detox. I’ve always wanted to disconnect but I just can’t stand the boredom 🥲. I’ve been trying to use my phone in more productive ways rather than just a distraction. So this video was definitely inspiring. Love your videos, thanks for all the hours of editing lol. Can’t wait for the next one
Omg the Roman Holiday edit 😭😭 I don’t even want to look at my screen time, I know it’s ridiculously high. I‘ve noticed that with more free time on my hands, I’m actually getting bored so easily, and just end up scrolling on social media aimlessly. But exercising or cooking helps me too! I’m able to keep my mind occupied with the task on hand and have a little break from social media for a bit
Not me watching this video on my laptop and being on insta on my phone at the same time... I used to have a healthy relationship with my screens but during the pandemic that relationship got *toxic*...
The thing is that I don’t have any socials except tiktok and TH-cam (I don’t have friends and I recently left Twitter). all I do is binge anime and play roblox in between 💀 I have very strict parents so going on isn’t an option so im not proud of having an average of 10 hours on my phone and tablet but it’s not like if I had many other things to do 💀
Amanda should make a video about how you journal/what you journal about!! i've always struggled keeping up with journaling and have random journal entries months apart. I really want to consistently make time to write for myself but always feel worried that i'm not writing the "important" things. I would love to see her make a video on this!!!!
Great video, Amanda! I've been slowly detoxing over the last half a year or so, and I think I've successfully detached from social media and mindless consumption. E.g. the only social media I use is a private insta with only 20 friends & I stopped using Netflix. Even still, there's so much good and useful content to absorb, so I find myself using my laptop & phone a lot. So my next step is to drive down my screen time and shift to non-screen fulfilment like books and writing by hand. (And maybe actually learning how to play my guitar??)
ive been away from facebook, tiktok and instagram for three whole days going on four days. i do use snapchat but i dont have notifitions OFF and leave my phone away from me quite a bit. im so proud of myself and really want to see how it goes as i contiune. i'm not detoxing i'm hoping to not go on it at all ever. i'm gone from 5 1/2 hours to 11/2 hours I'm kicking my goals.
This video finally convinced me to delete my most addicting social media apps and just go clean. My average screen time was 13 hours last week and my usual amount is 11 hours, I feel like it’s getting to the point where I feel like an addict
I’m doing this now! Mostly because Instagram is close to removing my account because of modelling shoots being reported so I’m seeing it as take a detox!
This would’ve been a HARD test for me to do‼️Thank you for trying this experiment. I know it’s not easy for you, especially because you’re a huge content creator. Thank you for guiding us and thank you for adding the Nicki Minaj instrumental again😂🎼
15:42 see I’m kind of in the middle on this topic. I’m someone who holds conversations through text. I rarely send one text message of a meme and just move on. I usually text someone from hours on end about who knows what because I enjoy conversation. I do think FaceTime is better but I realize that it’s inconvenient for a lot of people. But what I do do (lol) is I send audio messages. I really only send audio messages to one of my friends but she’s the person I talk to the most anyways. And even though it’s not complete connection it grounds me in a way, and reminds me that it’s a real person on the other side. And then when I see her again (we live in the same state but she goes to a different school also Coronavirus so I’m only seeing her in like 6 month intervals) it’s not that weird to have a back and forth conversation. I have a couple of friends that I do just check in on and we just send a short text to each other or a meme, and I’m not a fan. I don’t really know how to have conversations with them because I’m used to sending short bits to them and not having a full convo.
i have been having this consumption problem as well… especially w being a senior in high school and feeling like the only way i can connect with my friends in the pandemic is through social media and texting. but, it's definitely spiraled into more than that lol. thx for this video!
honestly same i was born in 97 and immigrated to another country when i was 9 so i was pretty much alone all the time and still am which sucks, so basically since i was 9 im constantly consuming media and cant stop cuz im lonely, depressed, tired of my thoughts and reality.
I think it's really sad that our generation basically got all this technology and now we're addicted to it. Tbh sometimes I'm really happy i grew up in the third world because I had a real childhood not attached to a screen since toddlerhood. I played outside and had fun with my friends flying kites. When I came to the US I had a home computer and nothing else. I was not even allowed to have a smart phone until college and I got my first I phone sophomore year and then got addicted almost immediately. It makes me sad that American kids are basically given a tablet now since birth. I see two year olds already addicted to their screens. Ultimately it is the fault of tech companies because they intentionally make their products highly addictive. Just like cigarettes and and alcohol I feel social media should be more regulated in its addictive qualities. This is all to say it's not just down to will power. this is not because we are bad or weak. These devices and apps are made TO MAKE US ADDICTED TO THEM but we should try to break away from them.
i feel like your hair improved over the digital detox. It looks MUCH fuller towards the end of the video as opposed to the beginning. Not that it was thin before, it just looks BETTER. GO GIRL!
Yesss I love binge watching people talk about digital minimalism 😅 and then I share them in my community tab. Great video! 💕 I relate a lot and shared similar thoughts last summer in my video ‘Social Distance from Social Media’
hi i love ur channel sm, i was just hoping i could give you a quick tip :) the music in your videos can be quite loud sometimes, so when it switches from you talking to music i often have to turn the volume down and then turn it back up so that i can hear you talking. just telling you this so that you can maybe think abt it for future videos :) love ur content
I am so glad you are recognizing this dilemma most face when growing up surrounded by technology. ❤ It gives me hope for my daughter. I'm worried for her, she's still so small.
How do you and your friend go to a restaurant to eat with your mask off but then you go for a walk outdoors with fresh air and decide to wear your mask🤦😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫
the less you start using your phone, the more you realize others use theirs a lot and are missing out on real life. Especially for gen z, there is a normalization of spending hours a day on your phone (even before quarantine)
Seriously! I realized that atp the only reason why I still have social media is to stay relevant with my friends cause I hate being the only person who’s like “what’s that”. Like my friends were making tiktok references a week ago and I was just confused because I haven’t had it since September . I used to hate people who would complain about my obsession with tiktok and the Internet (now they have social media lmao) but I’m starting to sympathize with them (how the tables have turned). I am not one of those people who are like “ugh I hate phones yadada” but I would like to talk about other things outside of the Internet sometimes. Like the content of the convos I have with my one friend is just tiktoks and it gets annoying sometimes cause I’d like them to talk about themselves rather than tiktok.
@@mel_ty9500 yeah same! and I see what you mean, like everything is related to trends online rather than topics to talk about with friends not revolving around technology. I recently had to evaluate how much anime I was watching because I found that it was all I would talk about with people and it was an obsession. Our generation has forgotten the joys of talking about life and stuff not relating to trends.
i totally agree with this, but i don’t know what to do except go on my phone, laptop or kindle especially in quarantine. i’m a master procrastinator who hands in all assignments late (or never) which is really wrecking my school life. social media and films have been my escape :/. if you guys have any ideas of what to do except read books in quarantine i’d love to know 💞
@@blkbarbie2671 i really relate to this!! I'm slowly trying to take care of myself and do my assignments now, one by one, and so far it's going okay. My tips for what you can do is find a hobby! It can be like knitting/ crocheting (make cute clothes/bags/blankets etc. and it's really relaxing & fun to see the progress), baking and cooking for your family and make them happy, if you like drawing you can go outside with a sketchbook and headphones and sit somewhere and draw (take some food with you if u want!), i also want to try to start rollerblading when it gets a little warmer outside (:
sorry if this is too much but i can write a lot more ideas if you want hehe
@@blkbarbie2671 I feel this :(
If you would like some suggestions for how to do things different:
First, maybe start consuming media in different ways. Get engrossed in an audio book, listen to a new album, watch a new movie, or a documentary on something you’re interested in. Then you can try to find online communities to talk about those things. I get that a lot of us are doing a lot of socializing online, but it would be cool if we could socialize about things we knew we were interested in. It might feel better!
Me watching this whilst brushing my teeth bcos I cannot brush my teeth without my phone 🌚
I feel seen
So freaky SAME
@@therebirth7 you right 🥲
omg I saw this the first time I watched this video and I went back onto the video to check MY comment and I'm literally brushing my teeth dkajdhhakdjsjs
omg SAME. literally.
is this my sign to reduce my daily 4 hour tiktok screen time
I did it. Start cold turkey then reintroduce it at 15mins a day
@@ayomade7496 im gonna try that, i havent been on tik tok since sunday for that reason
you can do it! I deleted my account and haven't looked back months ago
@@irenicrose same seriously addictive
India banned tiktok
Amanda with average of 4 hours a day.
Me with my average of 9 hours a day during quarentine: 👁👄👁
you go sis! 👏🏽👏🏽
Omg I had 11 hours during quarantine I’m so proud of my 9 hours now 😭
9 hrs & 16 minutes 🥴
I had an average of over 12 hours during the summer, last year it was 2 hours, so now im trying to get it down to 5-6 hours
felt that 🥴🤦🏼♀️
Lmaooo we’re all just doing our best 😅
Earlier today I finished the audiobook of “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy”, kind of related to this topic and it was one of the most intelligent and thought-provoking books I’ve read in a really long time. Definitely recommend it
That is on my list of things to read. Thanks for the reminder to put that up higher on the list :)
I’m finally reading this (after reading the first 17 pages over a year ago then leaving it alone lol) it is SO good. Gives u so much to think about, makes a lot of good points. Glad i finally picked it back up
i am on day eight of my own digital detox, and I've allowed myself to watch one youtube video per day-- this is the video i'm watching today !!
One TH-cam video per day!! That’s an idea... I might try that??
Wow!! Trying that!
I think I might try this!!!!!
I forgot the word fervently existed
I loved thisssss
thank you
Omg dodie from my childhood
1.9 million subscribers!? Heard you Amanda. Your impact is spreading to huger content creators👏🏾
dang dodie's here... will now watch amanda's videos with even more satisfaction
quarantine has had me like attached to my phone and social media sigh,, i think ima try n do this too (after i watch the video fkjdhskfsk)
I do something similar to this every few months, but I always end up crawling back to social media. I am a pretty solitary person, and if I don't go on social media there's a solid chance I won't see a single person the entire day. I end up becoming isolated and loney, so I go to my parasocial relationships and pretend I'm not alone. It's definitely a problem I should work on
Yes!! The loneliness that happens!!
'I am addicted to using social media; I spend 4 hours on my phone on average)
Me (who spends 14 hours on my phone): 👁️👄👁️
Sameeee
😬 yeah, co19 times 've been bad...
@Naih Matshuki 😱😱😱
Bro I work with apps and I am also addicted and I already spent 13hrs weekly😭😢
Love this video. I’ve been feeling the same way for a while. 6 months ago, I deleted all social media. Everything - Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, etc. All gone. At first my hands would absentmindedly open my phone and try and pull up the apps (so strange how engrained these habits were). This lasted a couple of weeks, but after, I felt liberated. I spent time doing things I really wanted - I took up running, writing, and reading. My mental health has improved soooo much. Sending love your way from London xx
Congratulations! I know that was a MAJOR step!
@@SOULarLioness thank you so much! Yes, it was a big step. Really glad I took it 😊
I'm in England too
I just turn to google and google the crap out of everything and also TH-cam that I watch for information and research something to death.
Every time I'm not on my phone, I personally feel like my mood boosts so much more. So, I deleted my social medias for a week. A week no Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Discord, nothing, nada, zilch. I felt definitely a whole lot better. I hiked, I cooked my family dinner, I started my artwork again, and I continued to read more books. Overall my mood increased as well as my mental state. Social Media is so toxic. People create trends that make people uncomfortable in their own skin. So at the end of the week, I fell right back into a 'trance', scrolling through social media all day and locking myself in my room. To give you a run down, take some time off of social media, and take some time to find a hobby you can enjoy.. or spend some time with your family. -gabrielle
I swear someone has to do a study on GEN Z adhd bc. I think we all have it. we were raised to always be doing something and to multitask and consume.
@@bluesoul1260 same. i wanna draw up my ideal life and start weaning off screen time to reach that goal. so i’d like to be cooking and baking a lot more, reading more books, sticking to a regular schoolwork routine, sleep schedule and exercising daily. but at the moment i have none of these - they’ve been replaced by my electronics. it’s sort of like manifesting, i guess? if i our time into making this a reality i hope i can achieve it :3
literally
everyone most certainly does not have adhd thats not how that works
Adhd is not just cant concentrate thing, it has existed long before technology, please dont say things like this is very insensitive to people who have adhd, its not a fun thing to have trust me :(
please stop stigmatizing adhd! it's a *neurological developmental disorder* that affects more than just your focus.
ok now I want to delete everything
i cannot function without a podcast.i can't even eat or shower without SOMETHING playing
Me watching this on my phone while editing on my Mac and doing school work on my iPad: 👁👄👁
I feel like a good way to cure *phone addiction* is to _customize your phone_ so that social media is no longer at the forefront of your phone usage. plus when you make it aesthetic, you get to look at pretty colours/ pictures when you're aimlessly locking into your phone (basically you're going on a _scenic route_ ). Another tip is just to _change the cover of a social media app to a picture of something that's negative_ (like a cute bandaid/ pills) so that your brain will _naturally_ start associating social media with toxicity. I explained how it's helpful to make your phone experience more intentional in my video (that I literally posted today like what are the odds lmao) but yea ew to -phone addiction- . I'm tired of being controlled by a device but I would personally not be participating in digital minimalism lol. I've spent a year without a phone before and it was really eye-opening but it's just not that sustainable for me.
i unintentionally did this and i haven’t used snapchat alone in MONTHS
@@kendallvenegas6572 samee like i just wanted my phone to look cute but damn it turned out useful. I’ve deleted tiktok and I’m never looking back
i love your video, i subbed 💞
My 12 hour daily average makes me feel so bad 😂
Same girl
it is an addiction, addictions are illness not choice.... don't beat yourself up, try recovering
Omggg girl this video was SOOO GOOD. The editing, message, all of it amazing!! girl u dominated!! Lol
Also I feel so productive when I watch your content, like I actually learned and gained something. If I follow in your footsteps and try a digital detox, I wouldn’t be able to cut ur vids out of my life lol
Aw Thank you so much!! I really appreciate it!!
this has sooooo been on my to do list i cannot seem to peel myself from my phone smh
same lol
I honestly need a digital detox yet my job is literally social media 😅
same page
Oof yuuuuup 🙋🏽♀️
thisss
LMAOOOOOOO yep.... That’s my life too😭🤦🏾♂️
Me af 🥴
this video found me for a reason. BLESS YOU
ps my average is 12 hrs🙃🙃
Same
This makes me want to go back to the Kim Possible call me beep me days of the flip phone 📟
I love the intentionality and thoughtfulness that went into the entirety of this video!
Thank you!!
I took Twitter off my phone. Was hugely useful. If only I could do the same with TH-cam....
TH-cam is not a problem! If you feel comfortable with youtube then you do!! But otherwise any media don’t sit right with you, DELETE ITTT 👏🏽
@@journeyofmylife2103 TH-cam is very addicting and it's designed to be that way.
Born in 94, don't have any social media unless you count this youtube account, and I do not envy Gen Z'ers. You can do this!
My phone broke the day before yesterday and while I was going a day without my phone I realized how I could be more productive AND more peaceful without it
I stay in between the extremes of wanting to erase my digital footprint and having social media and using it constantly. I might need to go Henry David Thoreau.
Literally me every 2 days
Ooooof really felt this -> tech as a tool, not pacifier. Thank you for sharing your experience with digital detoxing as a gen z keke
I wish I would’ve done this last quarantine. I had soooo much free time last year that I wasted playing the game and mindlessly scrolling social media when could’ve been learning a new skill or picking up a new hobby:/
I have covid and have to stay inside completely at the moment, and my screen time on one day spiked to 11 hours and 37 minutes..........OK :|
I took a digital detox for a month last year. It was the most productive I've been since primary school😭💀 and then after a month and a few days I went back to my phone addiction. 🙂💔
I would love to begin this journey but currently am living in a region that is in full lockdown so the only way to connect with people aside from my partner is through my phone... any tips or tricks for doing this while not being able to see friends would be awesome
Maybe just keep the apps that you use for communicating with Friends and Family and delete all content Based social media.
Honestly I feel the same but it's so hard not to spend time staring at a screen during quarantine because I have online class and I can not go outside with my friends because of covid. The only thing that I can do is reading but because libraries and bookstores are closed in my area I don't have that many options.
The scary thing to me is that people who didn't grow up with smartphones or internet have the same habits. When I think of my childhood, I realize I have an addiction
hey can you make a video on how to afford NYU 🙁 i been seeing tik toks on how financial aid and how it’s terrible and i just want to know from first hand experience
Fellow 21 year old with a tech addiction here 🙋🏾♀️ I know I need to do this at some point but I also know that it’ll be extremely difficult and I’ll end up on TH-cam again too
if u guys have 10-12 hrs on ur phone a day and u can't handle a full digital detox yet, then i suggest using ur laptop as a substitute since u can't carry it everywhere ^_^. social media is harder to navigate here. once u do that for a week or two then start disconnecting from ur laptop as well.
the carrot cake moment was everything.
i feel so bad for gen z we’re all addicted to our phones
I’ve tried to incorporate 2 days a week without my phone. Sounds so low, but I average about 7 hours a day. Sometimes it just music in the background, sometimes it’s talking to people, but I recognize it as a problem. I don’t like silence. I legitimately cannot stand silence. I’m an only child and reminds me of loneliness and the times I was just alone. I can’t do one activity without some kind of background noise, even reading even if it’s just music or something instrumental. It’s also hard for me to put my phone away because I have two little ones and I love taking pictures and videos of them, for myself, for my husband who missed it because he was at work and for our families who live far far away. But your video also makes me realize how much I need to just, try better but at the same time, not beat myself up over my mishaps. Thank you for this and I really enjoyed this journey with you. I’d love to see how things are going now.
my daily average is like 8 hours a day just on my phone its got worse in the pandemic since i stay at home 24/7 and uni is fully online
I’m so excited to watch the viddddd
do you have a goodreads or would you ever make a book recommendations video? really interested by the books you mentioned, seems like you have excellent taste lol
Thank you! I don’t have good reads but I could definitely try to make a vid like that!
omg yay! can't wait to see it :)))
Just got done reading Cal Newport’s book, “Digital Minimalism”. It was really good. Phone addiction is a problem, especially among the GenZ group. I’ve deleted all social media accounts, and since doing that, I read 7 books in the month of January. Which is BIG for me! Normally I’d read 1-2 books a year!
This is timely, I've spent the last week not checking Instagram and Twitter since those are the apps that cause me anxiety and it definitely has lowered my anxiety. Gotta work on TH-cam bc the time I used to spend on those apps is now spent on here and Libby reading. After I finish the book I'm reading, gonna read physical books and just disconnect for the rest of the weekend. Thanks for sharing your experience. Really like how this is edited!
Congrats with the Detox. I’ve always wanted to disconnect but I just can’t stand the boredom 🥲. I’ve been trying to use my phone in more productive ways rather than just a distraction. So this video was definitely inspiring. Love your videos, thanks for all the hours of editing lol. Can’t wait for the next one
My record is about 15 hours I need to stop 💀
There is a french movie called 'Populaire ' that is a romance but the movie is about a girl that decides to participate in a typing competition.
Omg the Roman Holiday edit 😭😭
I don’t even want to look at my screen time, I know it’s ridiculously high. I‘ve noticed that with more free time on my hands, I’m actually getting bored so easily, and just end up scrolling on social media aimlessly. But exercising or cooking helps me too! I’m able to keep my mind occupied with the task on hand and have a little break from social media for a bit
I’ve been trying to do this too! And I actually started sewing again! Which is cool
when my addiction leads me to this video. I have 11 hours average lmaoo
Not me watching this video on my laptop and being on insta on my phone at the same time... I used to have a healthy relationship with my screens but during the pandemic that relationship got *toxic*...
Some people can’t even shit w/o a device in their hand
a digital detox video is what i needed 😭
The thing is that I don’t have any socials except tiktok and TH-cam (I don’t have friends and I recently left Twitter). all I do is binge anime and play roblox in between 💀 I have very strict parents so going on isn’t an option so im not proud of having an average of 10 hours on my phone and tablet but it’s not like if I had many other things to do 💀
Amanda should make a video about how you journal/what you journal about!! i've always struggled keeping up with journaling and have random journal entries months apart. I really want to consistently make time to write for myself but always feel worried that i'm not writing the "important" things. I would love to see her make a video on this!!!!
My daily average is 12h 58mins more than half of the day😭💔
Great video, Amanda!
I've been slowly detoxing over the last half a year or so, and I think I've successfully detached from social media and mindless consumption. E.g. the only social media I use is a private insta with only 20 friends & I stopped using Netflix. Even still, there's so much good and useful content to absorb, so I find myself using my laptop & phone a lot. So my next step is to drive down my screen time and shift to non-screen fulfilment like books and writing by hand. (And maybe actually learning how to play my guitar??)
Inspired by you. I'm starting my digital declutter tomorrow! wrote about it here: rozdub.medium.com
I literally have no personality anymore because of my phone addiction.
ive been away from facebook, tiktok and instagram for three whole days going on four days. i do use snapchat but i dont have notifitions OFF and leave my phone away from me quite a bit. im so proud of myself and really want to see how it goes as i contiune. i'm not detoxing i'm hoping to not go on it at all ever. i'm gone from 5 1/2 hours to 11/2 hours I'm kicking my goals.
Ok time to cut down to one season of house a week
4 hours a day? Those are rookie numbers.
It sucks so bad, I need to do something about it too
this is a fantastic idea!!
This video finally convinced me to delete my most addicting social media apps and just go clean. My average screen time was 13 hours last week and my usual amount is 11 hours, I feel like it’s getting to the point where I feel like an addict
not me using the thing I'm trying not to use to help myself not use it
I completely agree, while I’m sitting here soaking radiation from my phone into my face 🥲
Pencil illustration is a good hobby to Start
Been doing it on & off for years 😊
My average is like 7-8 hours!!! not including laptop. sigh
I'm not even 7 seconds into this video, but I already subscribed, because your vibes are AMAZING IDEK WHAT THAT MEANS BUT I FEEL LIKE UR SO COOL
what board game cafe sounds so cool :( we dont have anything like that
omg my POSTURE said )
I’m doing this now! Mostly because Instagram is close to removing my account because of modelling shoots being reported so I’m seeing it as take a detox!
This would’ve been a HARD test for me to do‼️Thank you for trying this experiment. I know it’s not easy for you, especially because you’re a huge content creator. Thank you for guiding us and thank you for adding the Nicki Minaj instrumental again😂🎼
Mine is so bad that I use phone 16hrs per day
15:42 see I’m kind of in the middle on this topic. I’m someone who holds conversations through text. I rarely send one text message of a meme and just move on. I usually text someone from hours on end about who knows what because I enjoy conversation. I do think FaceTime is better but I realize that it’s inconvenient for a lot of people. But what I do do (lol) is I send audio messages. I really only send audio messages to one of my friends but she’s the person I talk to the most anyways. And even though it’s not complete connection it grounds me in a way, and reminds me that it’s a real person on the other side. And then when I see her again (we live in the same state but she goes to a different school also Coronavirus so I’m only seeing her in like 6 month intervals) it’s not that weird to have a back and forth conversation. I have a couple of friends that I do just check in on and we just send a short text to each other or a meme, and I’m not a fan. I don’t really know how to have conversations with them because I’m used to sending short bits to them and not having a full convo.
i have been having this consumption problem as well… especially w being a senior in high school and feeling like the only way i can connect with my friends in the pandemic is through social media and texting. but, it's definitely spiraled into more than that lol. thx for this video!
honestly same i was born in 97 and immigrated to another country when i was 9 so i was pretty much alone all the time and still am which sucks, so basically since i was 9 im constantly consuming media and cant stop cuz im lonely, depressed, tired of my thoughts and reality.
Your voice is so soothing … and you’re so articulate when you speak 🗣
I'm deleting TH-cam tomorrow
I think it's really sad that our generation basically got all this technology and now we're addicted to it. Tbh sometimes I'm really happy i grew up in the third world because I had a real childhood not attached to a screen since toddlerhood. I played outside and had fun with my friends flying kites. When I came to the US I had a home computer and nothing else. I was not even allowed to have a smart phone until college and I got my first I phone sophomore year and then got addicted almost immediately. It makes me sad that American kids are basically given a tablet now since birth. I see two year olds already addicted to their screens. Ultimately it is the fault of tech companies because they intentionally make their products highly addictive. Just like cigarettes and and alcohol I feel social media should be more regulated in its addictive qualities. This is all to say it's not just down to will power. this is not because we are bad or weak. These devices and apps are made TO MAKE US ADDICTED TO THEM but we should try to break away from them.
what if we did pull a henry david thoreau:^
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This is really random, but you are so pretty!!!!!
i feel like your hair improved over the digital detox. It looks MUCH fuller towards the end of the video as opposed to the beginning. Not that it was thin before, it just looks BETTER. GO GIRL!
Our phones control us omg
My average is 15hr daily
Yesss I love binge watching people talk about digital minimalism 😅 and then I share them in my community tab.
Great video! 💕 I relate a lot and shared similar thoughts last summer in my video ‘Social Distance from Social Media’
i'm definitely going to try this! can't wait to watch this video :)
hi i love ur channel sm, i was just hoping i could give you a quick tip :)
the music in your videos can be quite loud sometimes, so when it switches from you talking to music i often have to turn the volume down and then turn it back up so that i can hear you talking. just telling you this so that you can maybe think abt it for future videos :) love ur content
you make so much sense but i just found you and need to listen to everything you have to say 🥲
I am so glad you are recognizing this dilemma most face when growing up surrounded by technology. ❤
It gives me hope for my daughter. I'm worried for her, she's still so small.
my phone screen time is very low but my computer screen time is another story... ugh lol
I’m so glad I found this video, I want to start doing this process but I can’t stop watching your videos hëlp
AYEEEE OMG SAME GIRL LMAO
Me with 12+ hours a day 😃
Give this book a browse "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age by Theodore Blaze"
Just curious, how does music fit in to all of this?
How do you and your friend go to a restaurant to eat with your mask off but then you go for a walk outdoors with fresh air and decide to wear your mask🤦😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫
Can you do a video where you review beach houses like you did with McMasions ?