130. How To Be Awesome At Having A Healthy Relationship With Your Phone

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we’re talking about being very intentional about the time we spend on our phone and the relationship we have with it.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lindsay’s been researching what experts call “digital minimalism” and how we can apply it to our lives so we are less phone obsessed and using it primarily in ways that add to our lives and gives us returns on the small number of things that we really care about and get to where we're ok missing the out on the rest.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are using our phones for things that add valuable to our lives, and not mindlessly scrolling. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a time when there is no avoiding it, we have to be smart about it and use your tech to work for you, not against you.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lindsay is sharing lots of tips that experts give on how to stop being distracted all day by the pinging of your phone and why we’ve almost completely eliminated down-time and why it’s so important to get back.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re working on breaking our addiction to our phones today friends!  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A few key points from this podcast:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Like most things Lindsay thinks the answer lies in the middle... it’s all about moderation.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Goal:  "I know what I’m all about and I know what I want to do with my time. I know what’s important to me.  I put tech to work strategically to help the things I really care about- and then everything else that’s out there I just ignore."</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Physiology researcher named Sophie Leroy found that-</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">-If you’re focused on something hard- and you switch over to check on an email or t