What would happen to your relationships if you only ever used your mobile phone when you were on your own? I’ve just stumbled across this interesting article on mashable.com about a guy called Allen who rigorously does this. – http://mashable.com/2015/03/12/phone-boycott/
I’m going to give this a go myself and see if anyone notices, or if I notice that it makes a difference in any of my relationships.
I do think that I am pretty good at being ‘in the room’, and always try to make sure that I give people my full attention. Smart phones have had huge impact on most of our lives – in my opinion that impact has mainly been a positive one. But the big negative side is that it seems that many people would prefer to be speaking to a friend on the phone, or on social media than actually engaging in conversation with the person they are physically standing or sitting next to.
Give the ‘only phone alone’ thing a try and let me know what happens.