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My Life-Changing Decision to Break Free

From the COLlive inbox: "Since the start of the pandemic, I found myself spending hours on my device which led to wasting free time and wreck my day because of sleepless nights. I call it my personal Geulah story." Full Story

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Wow
May 6, 2021 11:36 pm

Kol Hakavod to you!

awesome!
May 6, 2021 11:42 pm

you should see much bracha in your life from this 🙂

Congratulations
May 6, 2021 11:44 pm

You are very brave speaking of a challenge we are facing . You inspired me to analyze all wasted time that will never return.

Incredible
May 6, 2021 11:53 pm

Thank you so much for sharing!! I have no doubt your decision will bring forth a shefa of brocha in your life. Wishing you lots of continued hatzlocha in your path. We have a lot to learn from you.

Wow
May 7, 2021 12:44 am

This is amazing!! Wish I had the strength to do it too

StudyTorah
Reply to  Wow
May 7, 2021 12:34 pm

You do have the strength!

Ok now I have a message for all Jews: please don’t use social media, or any of these sitra achra things!! Study Torah instead. Also, Hashem loves you. May we all reach the highest level for our souls possible in this lifetime!

Well done
May 7, 2021 12:55 am

Commendable. Respect.

The Light Phone
May 7, 2021 2:17 am

I was also on a similar journey at one point and decided to get a flip phone. But having a few thousand contacts i ran into a problem since the flip phone could only handle 500 or so. Also there is no mechanism to transfer them immediately. And i wasn’t about to enter each one manually… Then i heard about the LIGHT PHONE thelightphone.com It’s a talk and text only. No apps no internet surfing. But it is managed via a dashboard. And as such all one’scontacts can be uploaded. It’s been ordered and is pending shipping. I look forward… Read more »

Goodbye smartphone
Reply to  The Light Phone
May 7, 2021 11:35 am

I have MetroPCS will light phone work with this carrier

Next Level
May 7, 2021 2:42 am

Beautiful inspiring story. Not only you made a positive change but to share with and inspire others is next level amazing. Kol hakavod

Fantastic
May 7, 2021 4:17 am

Kol hakovod!!

yes!!!
May 7, 2021 9:20 am

wow im so happy something like this was written and put out there. i also went through a similar thing and the thing is people reading this will never truly appreciate the freeness until they actually do it…i also felt like only now im truly present and living the way hashem wants me too. iyh everyone will do the same

IMPRESSIVE!!
May 7, 2021 9:34 am

We dont realize how the phone runs our life כפשוטו!! Thank u for sharing this !!

Yossi
May 7, 2021 10:23 am

I had a similar journey.
I had the filtering company “Gentech” set up my iPhone so that there is no browser and no social media.

My life has been so much better, more successful, and productive ever since!

I recommend reading a short book “How to break up with your smartphone” available on Amazon for just $11

Success to all with your personal journey!

So true
May 7, 2021 2:46 pm

This is something we all need to hear, we all waste too much Precious time on our smartphones.

You are amazing!!!!!
May 7, 2021 3:20 pm

You are inspiring me to put my phone away every evening when my kids need my attention. It is so addictive and the message to my kids is my phone is way more important then you are.

Agree as a mom I want to stop
Reply to  You are amazing!!!!!
May 9, 2021 12:34 am

But I feel it also saves me much time to have a smartphone,but I wish I had the right balance- use at set times of day not all the time

So amazing!
May 8, 2021 11:50 pm

I really commend you for doing this! I personally experience that freedom too whenever I put away my smart phone. People are realizing this and are doing the switch.
Good for you!
So amazing that your sharing!

Chani
June 1, 2021 3:34 pm

I was wondering if can I share with my students this articule ? To translate this to Hebrew ?
You are a LIGHTER. Kol akabod 🏆

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