So I’ve been surprised that in fact the opposite is the case: I actually love being forcibly phoneless for an hour or two in the evenings or on the weekend. I’d expected the primary pain point would be that I’m a big whiney baby who throws a tantrum without his glow-screen. (Make sure you get at least a 5.5-incher for larger phones!) The results, I’d say, are frustratingly good. Originally designed for locking up sweets (the “K” stands for “Kitchen”), the KSafe is also great for locking up your phone, which I have gotten in the habit of doing a few times a week. After that, your goodies are locked inside for the duration, baring the extreme measure of breaking open the thick-unibody plastic case, in which case the KSafe’s documentation states that its help line will provide guidance as to how to accomplish this most effectively, but it goes without saying you don’t want to resort to this embarrassing and expensive solution if you can avoid it. Once you’re done, tap the button and a five second countdown - your last chance to abort with a quick second tap - begins. Just take your temptation, throw it in the bin, and use the rotating dial on top to set yourself a lockout time from a single minute to 9 days 23 hours and 59 minutes. The Ksafe is a wonderful device you should maybe hope to not need to use, but which will come in handy if you do need it. I do, however, sometimes wish I did not lose so many hours to Twitter, and so long as its servers remain operational, my only option is to take matters into my own hands. Social media is a societally-mandated Skinner Box and I did not choose to have a positive physiological reaction to dopamine. I try not to consider it a personal failing. I make a point of not blaming myself for falling into my phone for hours at a time.
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