‘Unplug: How To Break Up with Your Phone and Reclaim Your Life’

Author Richard Simon provides a compelling case for cell phone detoxing. The Case for a Cell Phone Detox
‘Unplug: How To Break Up with Your Phone and Reclaim Your Life’
"Unplug: How To Break Up with Your Phone and Reclaim Your Life" by Richard Simon Workman Publishing Company
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Who would have thought that Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, considered his newly created invention a distraction. He did.

Bell refused to have one in his private study because he needed to remain focused on his work. This is one in a long line of telephone and cellphone users we read about who’ve distanced themselves from their phone to get back quality time with their family and friends. While doing this, they gain a renewed appreciation of deeper relationships and success.

“Unplugged” by Richard Simon is a small book with a big idea. Its subtitle says it all: “How to break up with your phone and reclaim your life.” Simon provides examples of people around the world who have turned off their smartphone, eliminated it entirely from their lives, or downsized to a simpler version.

MJ Hanley-Goff
MJ Hanley-Goff
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MJ Hanley-Goff has written for Long Island’s daily paper, Newsday, the Times Herald-Record, Orange Magazine, and Hudson Valley magazine. She did a stint as editor for the Hudson Valley Parent magazine, and contributed stories to AAA’s Car & Travel, and Tri-County Woman. After completing a novel and a self-help book, she now offers writing workshops and book coaching to first time authors, and essay coaching to high school students.