Set goals and be focused – Determine to overcome your addiction. There is more to life than the virtual world of social media.Ĥ. Remember that your life does not revolve around how many “likes” and notifications you get on your social media app. Think about doing something that does not require your cellphone but will edify you and build you as a person. Have productive habits in your life – For example, instead of using social media app, buy and read some physical books. Start your day by reading God’s word and not reading social media messages on your smartphone (Psalms 1:1-3).ģ. Let the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning be to pray to God and to thank Him for the new day.
Instead, keep your cell phone in a different room on in an area of your bedroom where it is not physically easy to reach. Do not go to sleep with your cell phone near your bed or under your pillow – If the first thing you do when you wake up is to look at your smartphone then it is a sign that you have a major dependency on your cell phone. Doing this helps you to get focused on your work or on other productive things.Ģ.
Remove notifications from your social media apps – Removing notifications will prohibit the apps from constantly alerting you or updating you whenever you have a new notification. Such as face-to-face relationships spending quality time with loved ones or even the amount of time we spend with God.īelow are a few ideas of how you can break your cell phone addiction:ġ. Therefore excessive cell phone use draws us away from the very things that we should value the most. Whilst there are many advantages to using a smartphone it is very important to realize that its unproductive or unnecessary usage may have long-term detrimental effects on our brains, thinking patterns, social life and our spiritual life. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up “All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. Therefore whilst using a cell phone is not a sin – it is important for one to discern if the cell phone has become an addiction in your life rather than a tool that you control. Has the use of your cell phone diminished your desire to spend quality time with God or with other people? Has your smartphone consumed more productive time in your life? It is therefore important to have a Biblical view of cell phone addiction and the potential negative impact that it can have regarding our relationship with others and with God.įor example: imagine if we checked and read our Bible just like we read our smartphone? Suppose we used our Bible more than we used our cell phone? The reason is because smartphone apps all compete for the user’s attention for the purpose of their social media advertisers. The apps that exist on many smartphones such as Twitter or Facebook are designed to be addictive and to keep the user preoccupied with social media. It has also affected people’s ability to memorize or remember information. Smartphone use has reduced people’s ability to concentrate. The use of the smartphone is also negatively rewiring or altering people’s brains and people’s priorities in life. It’s therefore very evident that cell phone use and cell phone addiction is increasingly and negatively affecting how people think and feel. For example, it is believed that almost half of adults admit reading or sending a text message while driving and that injuries or accidents related to cell phone use have been on the increase. Cell phone addiction might also affect one’s ability to work or study because a person may want to be connected to his/her smartphone at all times.
Studies reflect that cell phone use negatively affects your social life and relationships with friends and family. In fact, cellphone use has become addictive for many smartphone users around the world. The cell phone is no longer just a communication device – but for many people it has become more like a “friend”, a “companion” and a “partner”. It is evident by simple observation that the cell phone has become one of the most necessary technological gadgets for a large part of the world’s population. The same study also says that young adults use their phones an average of 5 hours per day – which is roughly one-third of their total waking hours. Recent studies reflect that the average person can check his/her phone at least 85 times a day. Is it you who is using your cell phone – or is your cell phone using you? Does the Bible say anything about cell phone addiction?
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