Apply: Mindful Cell Phone Practice
Bringing awareness to our emotions and actively choosing our responses to stimuli are key components of emotional self- management, but automatic behaviors –especially those enabled by technology –can make self -management difficult . As discussed in the article, Addicted to Your Phone , from Mindful magazine , many of us have ” Problematic Internet Use ” or “cell phone addiction . This exercise will give you an opportunity to reflect on your relationship with your phone, and possibly transform your relationship with it.
Instructions
- Read Addicted to your phone https://www.mindful.org/addicted-to-your-phone-try-this-practice-phone-in-hand/
- Reread the section with steps 1-7 so you are clear on what they exercise is asking you to do.
- Do the exercise.
- Write a post in which you answer as many of the questions in 4-7 as feel relevant. Make sure to write 200-300 words.