{"id":202,"date":"2006-09-15T12:07:58","date_gmt":"2006-09-15T18:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/202\/blackberry-the-simple-life"},"modified":"2013-06-15T07:33:08","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T12:33:08","slug":"blackberry-the-simple-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/blackberry-the-simple-life\/202\/","title":{"rendered":"BlackBerry Addiction and The Simple Life [video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yes, I did it.  I was becoming addicted to my work.  You can imagine it: a trigger-finger, device-focused man, typing away while walking down the hall, while at the kids&#8217; soccer games, in meetings, while shopping, and in any possible venue.  No more.  No more.  I&#8217;m fighting back and I&#8217;m forcing discipline on myself.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I can focus while I&#8217;m at the kids&#8217; soccer games.  When I&#8217;m shopping with the family, I will actually talk and hang with the family.  At meetings, I&#8217;ll actually now listen.<\/p>\n<p>Blackberry &#8212; goodbye.  No thanks.  I switched to a normal, everyday, non-fancy cell phone the other day.  I don&#8217;t miss you at all, but my family has missed me.  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