Had an eye-opening nightmare (literally & figuratively)
This morning, I woke up before my alarm to what I'm called an eye-opening nightmare, both literally and figuratively. I am not wanting to go into details, as I'm embarrassed about it, but the nightmare was about an absurdly high phone bill. I don't even think it's possible for large tech companies to have such a high bill for themselves, but the nightmare's led me to realize I need to cut down my phone time now before it gets worse.
I don't think it's possible for me to completely cut out my phone, due to my job and having my friends all split up when we graduate in a few months, but I've been slowly making strides the past few months. I bought a mp3 player and put music onto it, and it is keeping me from lingering on Spotify and hunting for new music instead of actually using it as background noise as I should be. I've also picked up penpalling, so I can keep in contact with some people I've met who just ended up Instagram mutuals (so I can start making steps towards removing the app).
I have started a physical planner, keeping it small and low effort so I don't get overwhelmed, but I find it's just not as effective as Google Calendar for me. I rely on the reminders sometimes, as I often forget about responsibilities in between all that's on my schedule. Which sucks, because I think the best way to get me off my phone is removing the responsibilities from it so I can't use checking said responsibilities as an excuse.
I guess what I'm asking for is how do y'all keep track of everything on your schedule without Google Calendar? I think expanding and making my planner more detailed, as well as actually fixing the watch my dad gave me years ago, might be the way to go. I just worry about my pattern of dropping planners once it's too much of a time commitment. How do you commit to planners and keep it actually beneficial to your life?