When we took our mini-vacation, we did not bring any smart device, no smartphone, no tablet, no gps, no laptop, our car wasn't outfitted with that stuff, nor our home appliances or the appliances of where we stayed.
I may as well have been speaking carrier pigeon...
conclusion: an entirely liberating feeling.
other revelation: I could spend the rest of my life without that nonsense. there would be no solus or solus forum 🙁 but hey---I spent the first couple decades of my life as a free man, non-addicted, no screen and was happy. Why not now?
In the last 48 months what's the longest you spent with no smart device at all?
Young kids I've talked to have never gone an more than an hour in their lifetimes that they will admit to.