My Smartest Move Was Switching to a Dumber Phone

My Smartest Move Was Switching to a Dumber Phone
Trading my smartphone for a flip phone improved every aspect of my life
Paul Greenberg
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7 min read·
Dec 7, 2020
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Photo: PhotoAlto/Michele Constantini/Getty ImagesMy son was born in 2006. The iPhone was born in 2007. They have been competing for my attention ever since.
I always knew it was wrong to steal a moment to look at my phone instead of my son. But I thought I had plenty of moments.
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Written by Paul Greenberg
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New York Times bestselling author of Four Fish as well as The Climate Diet and Goodbye Phone, Hello World paulgreenberg.org
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