Internet Health - Live Like it's 1985
Picture it. 1985.
Phones in 1985.
When you didn't want to be disturbed, you took it off the hook. Easy!
Live like it’s 1985! Turn off your cell phone.
Silence it at certain times during the day, and use wind down or bedtime mode at night.
Check it on your schedule, not theirs.
Bonus: get a landline for when you're at home.
Alarms in 1985.
To get up in the morning, you used an alarm clock. Easy!
Live like it’s 1985! Use an alarm clock, not your phone.
That gets your cell out of your bedroom so you're not looking at it at night or first thing in the morning.
You decide when you look at it, instead of checking it out of habit.
TV shows in 1985.
New episodes only came on once a week, so when it was over, you turned it off. Easy!
Live like it’s 1985! Stream like there’s only one episode available.
Then watch another one the next week. Don't binge the whole show.
You just got a bunch of free time back.
Movies in 1985.
Movies? At movie theaters. Rentals? Few, and limited. You only watched when they had what you wanted. Easy!
Live like it’s 1985! Watch one movie, and only on the weekend.
Friday or Saturday night, or Saturday afternoon if you want a matinee. Maybe do a double feature.
And afterwards? Break out the board games.
TV stations in 1985.
They stopped broadcasting around midnight and came back at 5 am. So there was nothing to watch. Easy!
Live like it’s 1985! Treat your streaming TV as if the broadcast has stopped.
No TV between certain hours of the night. Now you’re not binging until 3 AM.
You got a decent night’s sleep and hours of your life back.
Work in 1985.
When you left work, no one could contact you except by landline. So they mostly didn’t. Easy!
Live like it’s 1985! Don't check work anything (text, email, voicemail, whatever) when work is over.
The work will be there tomorrow.
Don't let it bleed over into the other parts of your life.
Calls in 1985.
People didn’t call you at all hours of the day. So getting off the phone? Easy!
Live like it’s 1985! Only accept calls/texts/PMs/DMs at certain times.
People shouldn't expect you to be available 24/7.
Let them know you won't be.
Enjoy all your extra head space!
Thanks, 1985.
