[jariel]

I grew up without one, but came in fully to the working world of 'always on'.

It took me 6 months of 'non corporate work' to get used to the idea of not receiving emails all the time.

It becomes part of your identity and you feel lost without it.

But then you regain something lost - peace of mind.

I can't even imagine what it means to grow up 'fully connected' - sometimes I think that young people must be excessively neurotic, and would be afraid of 'quiet' and think that what was normal for all of human history is now, in one generation - 'bizarre'.

I recommend getting an Android and not using apps. Don't have notifications, but if you want to check something you can.

And it will take 6 months to get used to, but afterwards, you might not be able to fathom going back to the noise.

[BlueTemplar]

Not using apps is way more radical than blocking almost all notifications.

[jariel]

I see what you are saying, but the notification is actually a big deal. The notification is the 'trigger' to set us off to 'read the thing' which gives us our little dopamine hit. It's hard to resist, and it takes up a lot of mental noise.

Even the possibility of getting notifications is stressfull.

The difference between having a phone on, where people can contact you - vs - phone dead or 'no phone' is definitely noticeable. 'Knowing you don't have to check' is an extra level of peace.

[rolph]

notifications reallly piss me off.

it seems that if i shut my mouth its all fine but as soon as its time for a conversation there is constant disruption and derailment from the continuity of a conversation, effect is a shallow conversation or series of mini conversations made of half phra [BRRING!! BRINNG!!] hey someone just liked a post from yesterday, what was that we were talking about.