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I’m going no-phone for my mental health and I’ll still have access to my emails and even WhatsApp through my computer. But my main concern is employers needing to text me / call me since my main career goal is remote therapy.

With that being said, in my current internship, I’ve had success with requesting contact by therapy only. But I don’t believe this is the norm.

How vital is a phone to your job and/or practice? How many clients and jobs would you miss out on if you just refused to communicate by phone and instead only communicated via email for your employer and clients? Is this even possible?

This may be a weird question but I’ve been searching for a mobile setup that had a midi keyboard and drum kit that I can use at the park and ideally two people could plug in their headphones and listen to at the same time? I want to make beats and music live for my friends and girlfriend while we’re hanging out at the park or beach or wherever. Is there any product like this?

Curious if anyone here has success stories with 2FA workarounds, either requesting a 2FA alternative or using some website NOT a secondary phone. I am quite literally throwing my phone in a recycling bin tomorrow so I won’t have access to apps.

I emailed my university to request an alternative to 2FA (I told them it was a religious thing I can’t have a phone to try to force their hand lol). But if they don’t give me an alternative I’m going to have to find some

Work around that isn’t a second phone cause I won’t buy a phone ever again (until the clicker communicator comes out then I’ll consider it but I’m hoping I’ll be fully phone detoxed by then and not want it)

Look, first off I know this won’t apply to everyone. Lots of people still need SOME form of phone to be reachable for work calls, texts, emails, or be able to be contacted by kids and family who may rely on them.

However, in your specific circumstance, have you questioned if you even need a phone at all?

It seems the pipeline is “I hate my smart phone for sucking all my hours in the day” -> “I’ll buy a dumb phone to reduce screen time” -> “How can I make this dumb phone more like my smart phone without social media” and so forth. As a result, we get $600 “dumb phones” that allow you take make calls and send messages and still stay “connected” to the world, without having the distractions. This is good… but…

Do you need to be connected to the world?

What if the pipeline was “This phone is negatively affecting my life” -> “I’m not going to have a phone anymore”. Much like “I’m addicted to heroin and want to stop” -> “I’m going to stop doing heroin” not “I’m going to do a less potent amount of heroin”. Granted, a gradual weaning off of addiction is generally recommended, but going cold turkey on a phone is actually probably a lot better than weaning off.

I have a partner of 4 years, I spend about 99% of my time with her. My family messages me through WhatsApp and text, but hardly any of the messages are urgent. My boss communicates primarily through email with the occasional text, but again not urgent.

It got me thinking; why do I need to be reachable to these people 24/7? Or even 12/7? What if I just didn’t have a phone at all, and corresponded with these people (and the “world”) on my laptop at home?

Quick digression here: I am a Regal Unlimited subscriber. This requires a smart phone app, so I was sad to have to give this up. Then my girlfriend though; what if we print out the QR code and face profile picture on the app and laminate that, and use that to scan at the kiosk to buy tickets. It works like a charm. It got me thinking that there are many workarounds like this.

Bus pass requires an app? Print it out and laminate it, now you got a sweet bus pass card. Tickets to the show? Print them out, laminate, the ticket checkers can just scan the printed QR code. If you need an Uber, consider taking a taxi or even walking home, biking, or taking the bus. If that’s simply not possible, maybe pre plan your night and schedule an uber on the desktop website (or something similar with a taxi service if that’s not possible). Sure it may be inconvenient and time consuming, but my average screen time was 5 HOURS A DAY. I think I can schedule a taxi before hand from the bar or print out my tickets and still have a whopping amount of time leftover.

And, dare I say, and those sporadic nights where you get a little tipsy or buzzed and you find yourself needing an uber or taxi, dare I say embrace the adventure to find your way home. I went out last night and got a little high 🍃and made the correct decision to leave my car at the theater. I walked 2 miles to my friends house and he let me crash on his couch. Is this an ideal situation, especially for an introvert? No. I could have taken the bus home, or if it was really late, maybe I would’ve spent 5 hours walking home or took on the adventure of finding a payphone to call a cab. Maybe I would’ve walked to my mom’s house that was nearby. Who knows what your situation would’ve been; isn’t that the beauty of life we miss out with all this convenience? In college I had many nights where I wandered all night after a night out on the town, I made my way home eventually with no phone or uber, why does that ever need to stop? What if we pick bars and areas intentionally in walkable distance to our house, and just walk home?

What I’m saying is, sure this idea may not work for everyone. I had this conversation with a friend and he said he’d love to go phone free, but between his work and his elderly parents he takes care of, it’s just not possible. I agreed with him, in his situation it isn’t really that possible, which leaves the choice either keep your current situation, or change your life to be possible to be lived without a phone. It may just be worth taking a lesser paying job or having less convenience or being less reachable throughout the day. It may take more pre planning, checking routes (I just bought a garmin navigator from the thrif store for $15 and it works great! No more phone GPS and it connects to satellite, no apps or reliance on anything other than space tech!). I just bought an mp3 player for music and a Polaroid for shooting pics.

Have you ever considered just going through life with no phone at all? I find myself not wanting to spend $400 on some minimal crappy phone. The next option is to spend $80 on some old crappy phone. What am I going to do, use T9 to text? Make phone calls? Who am I going to call, my mom? I can call her when I get home from wifi over Zoom or WhatsApp (granted you need a phone # for WhatsApp but that’s just an example and there’s work arounds / different apps like FB messenger).

“The Fresno Police Department issued 88 citations to drivers and 32 citations to pedestrians and cyclists during a city-wide bicycle and pedestrian safety operation on Saturday.

The enforcement effort, which ran from 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., focused on traffic violations including unsafe turning motions and unsafe speeds.

Officers contacted 90 drivers throughout the operation.



Fresno police plan to conduct another safety operation on May 16 in support of National Bicycle Safety Month.”

Can’t find it for sale on their website or anywhere else :/

Looking to get a blackberry classic but I’m considered about its lack of network to make calls and send texts. Does anyone here daily drive a BB Classic or similar phone? How’s it work for you?

I have two paid off houses worth about $300k each.

I’m graduating from my Master’s this year with an expected salary income of $80k-$100k pre tax. I also have $100k in a stock portfolio.

I am unsure how to leverage my position. I am living in one of the paid off houses with a monthly cost of only utilities and repairs. But the area is not necessarily very desirable for a young person to live in, so I’m thinking of renting both homes for around $1800-$2000 each for a passive income of $4000/mo. This may enable me to get a home in a more desirable area, but I worry about having a mortgage when I already have a paid off home and a separate rental income.

I’m considering moving to Canada and as a therapist, I have some concerns. One of my concerns is the cultural differences and how that will translate during sessions. I worry Canadian clients may feel uneasy talking to a therapist who is from America (maybe this is a silly concern, but given the times, it’s a concern I have)

If anyone here has any experience about taking their practice to Canada, I’d love to hear how that was for you and what clients think?

This wonderful community has grown to nearly 200 members in less than 5 days! Wow!

Bikability in Fresno is such an important topic to me, but so is breaking my phone addiction. At this rate I’m on reddit for multiple hours a day. I need some help running this community, spreading the word, and continuing to grow it in numbers.

If you’re a bicyclist or just someone passionate about a healthier Fresno, please reach out to me if you’re interested in being a moderator here at r/BikeFresno. I’d really appreciate some help, and also I don’t want to leave for a week or two and come back to a dead sub. I’d rather have a team of mods who can keep things flowing even in my absence.

Pay is a virtual hug and a better Fresno.

Over 60 Fresno bicyclists rode over 3 miles in the rain in order to show love and support for two new bars that opened in downtown, including Moses McQueen. Love to see the biking community in Fresno alive and well and showing businesses in downtown the support they need to thrive and feel welcomed!

Lots of people in r/fresno seem to think bicyclists in Fresno don’t deserve better biking infrastructure because “nobody rides in Fresno”. What do you think? I’d love to hear your thoughts

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