Why You Should Mute Your Notifications
Reclaim your sanity. Turn off the buzzes, beeps and banners to bring more peace into your life.
In these ultra-connected times, the notifications on our phones don’t seem to stop popping up.
The non-connected good ol’ times
As a 90s kid, I grew up in a world that was not yet connected 24/7. Getting the first home computer before the new millennium felt like making a technological leap into the realms of outer space. The anticipation when plugging in the internet cable felt exciting. Google was no more advanced than a bare HTML skeleton.
I remember when the consumer mobile phones came out and the first few classmates got theirs. Texting and making phone calls were your only options of communication on these heavy, bulky devices.
I realised just now that those times weren’t more “primitive”. Time was just filled with different activities.
Two decades later and we have access to powerful mini-computers we carry with us at all times. In the beginning phases of Social Media, smartphones and the internet, it felt cool to receive a text message, or an email.
“Yes, I received a text today!” as if it was a thing. It was something to look forward to…
