ONE YEAR Without Smartphones. Are we going back?

Today we are unpacking all the details about how neither of us have had a smart phone in our home for a year now! Since we have gone to completely dumb phones, we have had to change a lot of things. Today we will break down exactly how we do that, especially the question we get so often, “how are you guys online without a smart phone?”

The first six months, it was an inconvenience to not have smart phones. Our biggest reason was because all of our systems for our whole life were based on having a smart phone. That was how we lived our life, so when you take that all away, we didn’t have any new systems. Since this year of developing new systems, we haven’t been in a situation where we thought we desperately needed a smart phone. When we have been more prepared, it has eliminated so much stress in our lives than having to do everything on the fly. Ultimately, our lives have become a lot more efficient, productive and peaceful.

Being smart phone free has been one of the best decisions of our life. It has enhanced our quality of life in such a way that it’s hard for us to fully express. It also has made the quality of whatever thing we are doing at home or with friends and family at the moment far greater. Honestly, trading the noise of something always being there, has opened up more room for thinking, silence, praying, meditating and memorizing Scripture, as well as just processing. Our level of intentionality and the ability to be so much more deliberate has increased so much!

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Past podcast mentioned in this video:
Getting Rid of Our Smartphones -    • 143: Getting Rid of Our Smartphones  

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TimeStamps:
00:00-2:34 - Intro
2:34-4:55 - How Do You Document Family Life?
4:55-8:32 - How Do You Navigate without GPS?
8:32-12:34 - How Do You Travel?
12:34-15:03 - How Do You Keep Up With Friends?
15:03-18:28 - What Do You Do Without Apps?
18:28-24:37 - How Are You On Social Media?
24:37-26:01 - How Do You Stay Informed?
26:01-27:26 - How Did You Start?
27:26-28:54 - Closing