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177. 👪The Magic of Presence: Is Your Phone Is Robbing You of Real Connection? · She Rises with Ashy & Tijana

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  Speaker 1: Appologie production.
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  Speaker 2: She Rises twelve days of Christmas.
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  Speaker 1: Hello everybody, welcome back to She Rises day seven, pre
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  Speaker 1: warning you we had the gigels. I cannot stop giggling.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know why. It's not even two thirty yet,
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  Speaker 1: which is normally the time we get the Zoomi's witching hour.
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  Speaker 1: But today we're talking all about our phones. And we're
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  Speaker 1: not sitting on our high horse saying that we are perfect,
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  Speaker 1: but we're talking about how how much we're on our
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  Speaker 1: phones and how much it is destroying real connection because
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  Speaker 1: it's really sad. We don't even realize how many times
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  Speaker 1: we pick up our phone. One way I realized this
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  Speaker 1: was when I did Ioascar. The first time I had
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  Speaker 1: this visual of my two kids' faces and there was
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  Speaker 1: fire flames and all these phones been thrown at me.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't at the time know what that meant, but
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  Speaker 1: afterwards I was like, I think that is a sign
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  Speaker 1: that I need to put my phone away more. Because
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  Speaker 1: I am on my phone a lot. I work on
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  Speaker 1: my phone. It was when I was running a big team.
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  Speaker 1: Someone was always needing me. There was deadlines, it was
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  Speaker 1: launches after work hours. So I made this rule up
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  Speaker 1: and I've pretty much stuck to it. It's like when
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  Speaker 1: I get home, my phone goes into my bedside table
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  Speaker 1: draw I don't have access to it, it's not there.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think about it. Yeah, a habit in front
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  Speaker 1: of me. I'm in habit of just checking it like
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  Speaker 1: Instagram click, my emails click. I just go through and
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  Speaker 1: make sure everything's sorted. But in reality that can all wait,
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  Speaker 1: and it takes away time for my children stuff. I
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  Speaker 1: put it away and at nighttime with Steve too. If
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  Speaker 1: it's away in my bedroom, I don't go on it. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm way more present in the moment with my family,
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  Speaker 1: and it feels really good. Yeah, you definitely do do this.
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  Speaker 2: There's like a period after work where like Ash, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we'll finish like a workday. It'd be like three thirty
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  Speaker 2: or something. She'd be like, okay, babe, just letting you know.
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna be am I for a couple of hours.
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  Speaker 2: I'll message you after eight o'clock. Yeah, and like that's
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  Speaker 2: like your time slot when I'm present with the kids
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  Speaker 2: and with Steve, Like that's my time with them.
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  Speaker 1: It is. It was an easy way to break a habit.
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  Speaker 1: I think when you're trying to break a habit like this,
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  Speaker 1: you have to make it achievable. And if it's stuck
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  Speaker 1: to you and you've got a habit of checking it,
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  Speaker 1: you're gonna keep doing it. Yeah, but put it out
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  Speaker 1: of sight, it's out of mind. Kids will distract you
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  Speaker 1: a day energy, but it's really nice. So we just
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  Speaker 1: want to bring this conversation forward for you to check
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  Speaker 1: in around Christmas Day, especially when you're with your loved ones,
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  Speaker 1: when you're building memories, when you're around the table, like
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  Speaker 1: you don't need your phone, yeah, and like yes, i
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  Speaker 1: have log bits and pieces of mine for sure, but
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  Speaker 1: I'm still like conscious to make sure that I'm spending
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  Speaker 1: majority of the quality time off my phone and just
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  Speaker 1: in the moment because tomorrow's not promised. It's really important
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  Speaker 1: to enjoy that time. Absolutely. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's so interesting as well, especially around Christmas. Like
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  Speaker 2: obviously with our generations, it's so normalized to have a
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  Speaker 2: mobile phone, yeah all the time. There's not a time
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  Speaker 2: where we don't have it. So to get those like
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  Speaker 2: pockets of time where we are fully present, it's just
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  Speaker 2: like really make sure that you're maintaining those connections you
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  Speaker 2: have and like actually pouring time, effort, and energy into
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  Speaker 2: being present with the people that you care about instead
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  Speaker 2: of you know, having your phone that's going to distract
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  Speaker 2: you or you know give you a dopamine heit or
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  Speaker 2: something like that. Yeah, really like having boundaries with yourself
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  Speaker 2: around it.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, it's funny.
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  Speaker 2: I remember, probably around the time that I was like
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  Speaker 2: nineteen to maybe twenty one, I used to get really
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  Speaker 2: triggered when my mom would be on her phone, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: because we'd all come together and then she'd like sit
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  Speaker 2: on her phone for like a little bit, or she's
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  Speaker 2: very like love's.
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  Speaker 1: Facebook could TikTok.
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  Speaker 2: And shows she has a bit of a scroll sometimes,
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  Speaker 2: you know. And I remember it just used to trigger
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  Speaker 2: me so bad because it'd be like, I'm here, I
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  Speaker 2: just want you to spend time, Like can we just
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  Speaker 2: connect in this moment, Like I don't want you to
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  Speaker 2: send me memes, I want you to talk to me,
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  Speaker 2: you know. And so I was really craving that connection
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  Speaker 2: from her at the time. But the funny thing about
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  Speaker 2: triggers is that it's showing you parts of yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Where you do the same thing we do.
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  Speaker 2: You do the same thing, and so it's interesting, it's
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  Speaker 2: like I used to get so triggered at her, and
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  Speaker 2: then there was this one time that she pulled me
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  Speaker 2: up on it and she was like, you're doing the same.
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  Speaker 1: Thing and I was like, oh shit, we all do it. Well, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you're of.
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  Speaker 2: It absolutely, and so it was a really cool moment
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  Speaker 2: for me to reflect on that. I'm okay, cool, Like,
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  Speaker 2: where am I not being the standard that I'm upholding
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  Speaker 2: for other people, you know, because it's all good and
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  Speaker 2: well for me to go, oh my god, mom, you're
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  Speaker 2: doing that thing. You're on your phone again, But like,
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  Speaker 2: where am I being the one that's like, I've got
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  Speaker 2: people in front of me, I'm sitting on my phone.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I think more now.
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  Speaker 2: That I'm older, I'm conscious to not do that unless
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  Speaker 2: I'm doing a.
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  Speaker 1: Work task and like real communicate. Yeah, Like especially.
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  Speaker 2: Within our dynamic, because we have on time where we're working,
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  Speaker 2: we're like we know we're going to be doing we
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  Speaker 2: work on our phone a lot. Yeah, absolutely, So I
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  Speaker 2: think we're pretty good with that. We have a standing
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  Speaker 2: in our dynamic, whereas like when it's Christmas or someone's
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  Speaker 2: birthday or you know, like more intimate times we are
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  Speaker 2: sitting down.
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  Speaker 1: We're going for dinner even.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, actually there have been a couple of times where
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  Speaker 2: we've worked at dinner, but we intentionally.
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  Speaker 1: Wear it's like a launch, sort of like trying to
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  Speaker 1: reply to everyone, but we're doing it together. We're doing
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  Speaker 1: it together.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Whereas like other than that, like we're phones down,
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  Speaker 2: we're deep in the conversation and like we're both holding space.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think we've all been there too, Like
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  Speaker 1: it doesn't feel nice if you're sitting at a cafe
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  Speaker 1: or sitting with a family friend, or sitting with someone
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  Speaker 1: and you're in a conversation, then it goes bit bit
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  Speaker 1: and they pick their phone up to check. It's kind
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  Speaker 1: of signing that like this on my phone is more
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  Speaker 1: important than you, unless there's something said at the start,
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  Speaker 1: like hey, I'm so excited to be at lunch, but
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  Speaker 1: I'm expecting a call from my doctor or you know,
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  Speaker 1: for me, you always know if Taj's school calls, yeah
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  Speaker 1: that is priority because if something's happened, I need to
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  Speaker 1: be there straight away. But without that communication, you just
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  Speaker 1: feel like you're not important. You feel like the screen
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  Speaker 1: is more important, and then there's nothing worse that someone's
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  Speaker 1: just having a scroll and you're outed at lunch or dinner,
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  Speaker 1: it's like why are we here? Yeah, Like, why the
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  Speaker 1: fuck are we here? I'm not here for you to
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  Speaker 1: be on your phone when you think about it, when
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  Speaker 1: you're with your family and friends for Christmas Day or
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  Speaker 1: any day, but you're checking what everyone else is doing,
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  Speaker 1: like do you actually care? Like when I've caught myself,
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  Speaker 1: I'm like, I don't actually care what anyone's doing, and
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  Speaker 1: they go fuck with it on Christmas Day. They care
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  Speaker 1: about what's in fun of you, the people that you love,
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  Speaker 1: the people that you want to cherish memories for. And
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  Speaker 1: it can be a habit and it can be addictive,
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  Speaker 1: and also you can get stuck in that comparison game
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  Speaker 1: as well. Like I know on Father's Day, like I
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  Speaker 1: really go offline because it's quite triggering for me to
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  Speaker 1: see everyone's beauty and I'm happy for everyone. I don't
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  Speaker 1: want anyone to feel how I feel, but I know
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  Speaker 1: it just brings up a lot for me, of course,
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  Speaker 1: So like I have a day with no social media,
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  Speaker 1: and so same with you. If you're feeling lonely, or
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  Speaker 1: you're feeling triggered, or oh you just want to be present,
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  Speaker 1: just put it away, vibe without being on your phone
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  Speaker 1: on Christmas Day. I think your boss will let you
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  Speaker 1: have a day when you're not checking your phone.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, and even what's important is also social skills. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: us putting our phone down intentionally is helping us rebuild
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  Speaker 2: those social skills that we have lost. People are more
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  Speaker 2: anxious now than they ever have been, but because they
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  Speaker 2: have a buffer. The buffer is the phone when they're
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  Speaker 2: scared you're in a public setting and you don't know
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  Speaker 2: anybody on your phone, when you're in a new environment
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  Speaker 2: at school and there's new mums like on your.
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  Speaker 1: Phone, Like, it doesn't matter where you are. It is
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  Speaker 1: a buffer.
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  Speaker 2: So true, stops you from being uncomfortable, stops you from
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  Speaker 2: having to try and try to connect with other people
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  Speaker 2: that you're surrounded by. So like, why do we have
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  Speaker 2: more people in the world than we ever have, but
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  Speaker 2: we're all so disconnected? So true, it's for this reason.
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  Speaker 2: So I think if we want to change that and
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  Speaker 2: we want to learn how to rebuild those social skills
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  Speaker 2: and become stronger in ourselves not only for our confidence,
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  Speaker 2: but to reduce anxiety and to actually reconnect with the
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  Speaker 2: people that we love. It actually takes training, it takes work,
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  Speaker 2: It takes effort, and that's you putting your phone at
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  Speaker 2: moments like Christmas and just being totally plugged in for
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  Speaker 2: the day.
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  Speaker 1: Definitely.
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  Speaker 2: And you know the interesting thing is like when I
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  Speaker 2: spend too much time on my phone, I feel wired.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, But when I feel.
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  Speaker 2: Plugged in and I haven't looked at my phone all day,
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  Speaker 2: if I've ever done, oh my gosh, I feel like
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  Speaker 2: a different.
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  Speaker 1: Version of myself. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: It's so nice to have that human connection because it's
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  Speaker 2: something I really value.
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  Speaker 1: It is one hundred percent. And back to what you
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  Speaker 1: were saying about their lack of communications skills, it is
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  Speaker 1: really concerning this next generation because kids are getting phones,
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  Speaker 1: Like most of TAJA's friends have phones. They're ten, ten
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  Speaker 1: years old, yeah, and they're on social media scrolling TikTok.
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  Speaker 1: Like even when TAJA's friends, like she stays up on
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  Speaker 1: TikTok till ten pm at night. Wow, there's no boundaries
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  Speaker 1: of time or what she can watch. And I'm like,
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  Speaker 1: oh my goodness. And I've had to explain Tarje because
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  Speaker 1: he's like, why can't I go on TikTok? Why can't
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  Speaker 1: I watch those kind of videos? And I explain to
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  Speaker 1: my reasons why and every hearsehold has a different reasons,
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  Speaker 1: but like it's getting younger and younger and younger. It's
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  Speaker 1: really scary because you're right, there's that buffer there is.
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  Speaker 1: We didn't have that growing up. No phones came around.
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  Speaker 1: I have one in high school, but the first to
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  Speaker 1: get a phone because I work quite young. But even
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  Speaker 1: then it was a Nokia that you can only text
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  Speaker 1: and call. There's no social media or play snake yes,
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  Speaker 1: whereas now it's like they're so plugged into everything, and
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  Speaker 1: it's really really scary because that addiction starting really young
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  Speaker 1: and the lack of connection. Also, they aren't able to
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  Speaker 1: concentrate for very long because they're so used to taking
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  Speaker 1: in short form content that their attention span is just
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  Speaker 1: not there anymore. Yeah, it's really damaging.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely if we take this like one step deeper as well,
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  Speaker 2: it's like people struggle being bored.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, my mum always says this, it's a healthy if
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  Speaker 1: you gets to be bored.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Like, no one knows how to be bored anymore
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  Speaker 2: because we're so distracted. Yeah, I've got TikTok, We've got Instagram.
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  Speaker 2: If there's not that app, there's ten more. If it's
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  Speaker 2: not that it's Netflix. If it's not Netflix, it's fucking
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  Speaker 2: sum up something else. And because there's so much technology,
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  Speaker 2: it's like we don't know how to sit in silence anymore. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: how to sit being bored, being okay, not doing anything
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  Speaker 2: and something that sparks this for me, My parents when
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  Speaker 2: I was growing up, took photos of everything everything. I
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  Speaker 2: have suitcases full of family photos from different events, family holidays,
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  Speaker 2: just them doing nothing. Family and everyone is like sitting
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  Speaker 2: around a table near a pool in someone's house that
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  Speaker 2: we know, sitting around a table. There's no phones, there's
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  Speaker 2: no nothing. That wasn't normalized then that people actually had
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  Speaker 2: to sit connect and I'm sure that they would have
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  Speaker 2: been bored out of their minds, but they found things
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  Speaker 2: to end it, or even if they didn't, they were
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  Speaker 2: okay being bored, whereas like now, we don't have that
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  Speaker 2: level of patience, no be able to just sit without
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  Speaker 2: being like I need to be stimulated, right.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, And for kids it's really dangerous because when they're
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  Speaker 1: constantly go screen in front of their face every time
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  Speaker 1: they're bored, they can't tap into the creativity. You take
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  Speaker 1: a screen away from a kid, like even with Steve
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  Speaker 1: sometimes like if he's got work to do, he'll put
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  Speaker 1: like Pepper Pig on Foratala. But when I'm with her
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  Speaker 1: at the moment, I'm amazed. And I've shown Steve too
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  Speaker 1: when it comes home, Like this is what she does, babe,
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  Speaker 1: when there's no TV. She is so creative. Literally sits
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  Speaker 1: and talks to her fucking dolls by herself, makes up
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  Speaker 1: scenarios that Buddy Dole how she got her. She loves
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  Speaker 1: basically every single day to get us some more kidy.
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  Speaker 1: She loves the cats, little cat dolls. But she like,
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  Speaker 1: if I'm doing washing, I can literally hear her talking
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  Speaker 1: to herself. She will find a box and play with it.
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  Speaker 1: I don't have to occupy her and with work. Like
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  Speaker 1: I'm not judging Sea four because I've done it before too.
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  Speaker 1: Like if I've got a jump on a meeting, I can't.
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  Speaker 1: I can't afford for her to interrupt. Yeah, I've got
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  Speaker 1: like full staff on or something. So I get we
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  Speaker 1: all utilize screen sometimes, and I'm not anti screen. I
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  Speaker 1: think there's a time and place for them. But yeah,
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  Speaker 1: for kids, it's really important for them to be bored
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  Speaker 1: because that's how they tap into their creativity. And even
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  Speaker 1: with targe sometimes like it's cool to watch what he
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  Speaker 1: wants to do outside, and even we've got these monkey
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  Speaker 1: bars outside and he'll set like little fitness challenges for himself.
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  Speaker 1: I'm like, if I just put them on a screen,
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  Speaker 1: he wouldn't be out there being active and doing that.
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  Speaker 2: Love that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, So we have to be the walking role models. Absolutely,
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  Speaker 1: It's it's hard in this generation too. I find as
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  Speaker 1: a parent that does work for my phone a lot.
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  Speaker 1: I work more on my phone than I did my laptop. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: because I'm like constantly filming, and it just it's easily accessible.
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  Speaker 1: But I have to know that I'm setting an example
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  Speaker 1: that I'm on my phone quite a lot. Yeah, So
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  Speaker 1: if they see us do it, then they'll think, well,
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  Speaker 1: that's normal, mom does it? Why would I not do it?
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  Speaker 1: That's a good point. So that's why when I get home,
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  Speaker 1: it's like phones aways, it's a whole period. I don't
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  Speaker 1: have my phone. Christmas Day and the special day's birthdays
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  Speaker 1: and everything. Just plug in because tomorrow's not promised. You'd
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  Speaker 1: hate to look back and how's your Christmas? Like, oh
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  Speaker 1: it's all right, but you were just weren't present. Don't
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  Speaker 1: even remember it? What happened phone. Yeah, you do not
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  Speaker 1: remember what you watch? You would have a clue what
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  Speaker 1: you watch? You just doomed, scrolled full done it.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, absolutely, especially in the younger years too.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's interesting.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's an important skill as an adult now
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  Speaker 2: that we've been conditioned into not knowing how to be
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  Speaker 2: bored yea, to learn how to bring ourselves back from that.
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  Speaker 2: It's like, we are adults, We lead ourselves. No one
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  Speaker 2: is showing us what to do. Yes, we may be
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  Speaker 2: following and unconsciously kind of doing what all of society
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  Speaker 2: is doing. But where did the internal boundaries come for ourselves?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: Where? And this is something I actually am thinking of
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  Speaker 2: for myself now. I'm like, okay, cool, Like where can
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  Speaker 2: I have more boundaries around my phone and yeah I'm
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  Speaker 2: not present and how my work day leaks into my
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  Speaker 2: family time, you know, with my nieces and nephews at
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  Speaker 2: home yea, or my sister or you or whoever else.
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, okay, cool, I could definitely tighten up some
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  Speaker 2: boundaries around that for myself and also for the people
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  Speaker 2: in my life too, because.
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  Speaker 1: Even a day last week we go for a walk,
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  Speaker 1: like a couple of times a week and we both
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  Speaker 1: left our phones in the car. Oh that was the best,
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  Speaker 1: and we're like, oh my gosh, that was so nice
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  Speaker 1: not having our phone, Like we should do that more often.
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  Speaker 1: It was so nice. It was really nice, wasn't it.
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  Speaker 1: We're just so glued to it that we think we
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  Speaker 1: always need it.
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  Speaker 2: To even just not be holding it in my hand,
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  Speaker 2: I felt so disconnected from it in the best way.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly. It's good, isn't it is good? It's really cool.
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  Speaker 1: I like to do that more definitely.
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  Speaker 2: This is also something I see as well with my
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  Speaker 2: nieces and nephews at home, Like there's you know, I
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  Speaker 2: live with my sister, like we live together, and she's
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  Speaker 2: also got three little ones, you know, and I'm so
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  Speaker 2: grateful that I get to see them grow up in
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  Speaker 2: the way that I do and be so plugged in.
• 12:48
  Speaker 2: And I noticed this with the two older ones, like
• 12:50
  Speaker 2: they're sometimes when they don't have the screens or they
• 12:53
  Speaker 2: don't have you know, the TV or whatever it is, they're.
• 12:55
  Speaker 1: Like, mom, I'm bored, like I oldn't.
• 12:57
  Speaker 2: And every single time it comes out of my mouth
• 12:58
  Speaker 2: and I sound like an old timer, but I'm like,
• 13:00
  Speaker 2: it's good to be bored.
• 13:01
  Speaker 1: Yes, it's good. You need to be bored.
• 13:03
  Speaker 2: Go sit outside, go on the trampoline, go ride your
• 13:05
  Speaker 2: bikes like you've got, you know, getting them out of
• 13:07
  Speaker 2: the house now and more, because like how much better
• 13:10
  Speaker 2: do you feel when you're able to, like, you know,
• 13:12
  Speaker 2: for them instead of them being on an iPad or
• 13:15
  Speaker 2: a computer. It's like they're playing with each other as
• 13:17
  Speaker 2: a brother and sister. Yeah, you know, getting to have
• 13:20
  Speaker 2: those moments where they play dress ups, or they go
• 13:22
  Speaker 2: and like do stupid shit in the garage or whatever.
• 13:24
  Speaker 2: It is like growing up. Times like that with my
• 13:27
  Speaker 2: siblings were the best. Yes, as you know, before my
• 13:29
  Speaker 2: brother was born, it was like us four girls. We
• 13:32
  Speaker 2: would like making up dance routines and showing them to
• 13:34
  Speaker 2: the whole family on every Christmas. So like that was
• 13:37
  Speaker 2: like a thing for us, everyone us and my cousins
• 13:39
  Speaker 2: and like all that sort of stuff. And my pop
• 13:41
  Speaker 2: would dress up as Sanna and like, yeah, you know,
• 13:44
  Speaker 2: so it's like, let's bring those traditions back where we
• 13:47
  Speaker 2: actually enjoy Christmas and it gets to be about real
• 13:50
  Speaker 2: connection not just surface level shit.
• 13:52
  Speaker 1: No I know what everyone else is doing. Oh I
• 13:54
  Speaker 1: don't really care what's happening. I don't want that.
• 13:56
  Speaker 2: We don't want to be the generation that's the most
• 13:58
  Speaker 2: disconnected even though we're the most technically connected.
• 14:01
  Speaker 1: Yeah. That sad, isn't it. I want that where the
• 14:03
  Speaker 1: problem we can always also the change.
• 14:05
  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
• 14:06
  Speaker 1: Yeah, we're the solution. We are the solution. That's it.
• 14:09
  Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us. So get off your phone
• 14:11
  Speaker 1: after you've listened to the Twelve Days of Christmas.
• 14:13
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and also pay attention to how long it takes
• 14:16
  Speaker 2: you before you want to go to your phone. Yeah,
• 14:18
  Speaker 2: Like if you can like just check in with yourself,
• 14:20
  Speaker 2: like how long does it actually take you before you
• 14:22
  Speaker 2: like have a break and then you're like, oh my god,
• 14:23
  Speaker 2: I want to reach my phone.
• 14:24
  Speaker 1: Check in with yourself.
• 14:25
  Speaker 2: See how naturally unconsciously ingrained it is in you to
• 14:28
  Speaker 2: want to reach for your phone.
• 14:30
  Speaker 1: You know what I've done too that my screen time
• 14:32
  Speaker 1: is on the Apple in your settings, you can put
• 14:34
  Speaker 1: the alert we get app limits, Yeah, like screen time limit. Yeah,
• 14:38
  Speaker 1: so I've got two hours on each of my social
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: media and it'll literally pop up and say like you've
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: hit your limit for the day, and it instantly gets
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: me off. So good. My screen time has like halved,
• 14:47
  Speaker 1: which is so cool because I'm not mindlessly scrolling now
• 14:49
  Speaker 1: because I'm where I don't want my screen time to
• 14:51
  Speaker 1: go back up.
• 14:52
  Speaker 2: I'm like quite competitive, and when that limit comes up,
• 14:54
  Speaker 2: you're like, oh, oh shit, okay, I'm.
• 14:55
  Speaker 1: My two hour mask. Yeah, that's already how long I've
• 14:57
  Speaker 1: been on for the socials for And sometimes it can
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: say ignore for the next fifteen minutes. So if I'm
• 15:02
  Speaker 1: in the middle of work task, or i need to
• 15:03
  Speaker 1: get a reel out, or I've got a film something
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: for work, I'll be like, ignore for fifteen minutes. You're like, okay,
• 15:08
  Speaker 1: time them now, You've got fifteen minutes to get that done.
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: Then put it away. It's really cool and you sleep
• 15:12
  Speaker 1: so much better too, helping on your phone at night
• 15:14
  Speaker 1: or Yeah, anyways, hope you enjoyed this. We'll see you
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: for day eight tomorrow. Bye bye,