I Used a Dumb Phone for 3 Months Straight - Hereโ€™s What I Learned

Michael โ€ข February 9, 2025
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It's Cheap; It's Dumb and it's Battery Survives a Decade: My Dumbphone A few years ago I was sick of my smartphone and doomscrolling all day long. That's why I decided to get myself a real dumbphone to find peace and live more mindfully. Why it worked, why it worked too well and what I changed about it - all of these things are covered in this video about my little 3 month digital detox. Thank you for watching! :) ๐Ÿ“Œ TIME STAMPS 0:00 - Heaven or Hell? 0:20 - Why I Ditched My Smartphone 0:40 - My Dumbphone / Nokia 105 1:10 - Honey Moon / First Month 3:40 - Hard Realisations / Second Month 6:25 - Making It WORK / Third Month 8:40 - The Two Rules That Helped Me 9:20 - Do I Still Use it in 2025? 10:30 - What are your thoughts? ๐Ÿ”— RELATED VIDEOS: How I Created a Modern Dumbphone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNH2wzAiTVI ๐Ÿ“š STUFF I MENTIONED* ๐ŸŽง I use audiobooks to learn without more screen time. Audible gives you 30 days free โ€” try it here: https://www.audibletrial.com/qzyVzL Dumbphone https://amzn.to/4jJUyyt MP3 Player https://amzn.to/3Qaj0vf Analogue Camera https://amzn.to/3QaQdGT My Camera https://amzn.to/4k08dBF My Microphone https://amzn.to/4hRHWn2 My Favourite Book https://amzn.to/3QemTiC Get 1 Free Month on Epidemic Sound (Where I get music for my videos) https://share.epidemicsound.com/zrm61n *I may earn a commission when you purchase sth. from these links, which is a zero-cost way to support the channel, if you intend to buy it anyway. :) โ˜• BUY ME A COFFEE https://coff.ee/himynameismichael โœŒ๏ธ SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/@HiMyNameIsMichael?sub_confirmation=1 โค๏ธ BECOME A CHANNEL MEMBER https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZuPAscp-QwUvBWQDgFq-g/join

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