Son of Alan - Stop Looking at Your Phone

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Introduction

Do you ever idly click open your phone without actually knowing what you want from it? Do you ever feel anxious when you realize youve left it charging at home? Have you ever had text neck (now a genuine medical condition) or felt your thumbs seize up from swiping left? Do you sometimes look up from scrolling through Instagram sunsets (#blessed #sunset *prayer hands emoji*) to realize that its half past two in the morning? If so, Stop Looking at Your Phone is the perfect guide to help you reengage with the world around you.

We all know phones are useful. They get us home late at night, keep us in touch with friends and up to date with current events all over the world, and help us to find out instantly what happened to that one child star from the 1990s who came up in the trivia night question. Our parents could never have dreamed of a world where anyone could own a portal to an endless supply of kitten videos.

But, recently, maybe youve had the sense that your phone has become a little... demanding. Perhaps its buzzing away right now, insisting that you check out the photos of all your friends having brunch (#avocado #nomnomnom), while youve just opened the fridge to find half of a sad-looking carrot. And could it be that you occasionally get the feeling that you are missing out on things? Like the time at that music festival, when you spent so long working out how to film the gig that afterward you couldnt actually remember any of the songs.

Stop Looking at Your Phone is a compendium of practical hints and tips to help you put your phone or other handheld electronic device in your pocket and reestablish contact with the people around you. From how to celebrate birthdays to what to do if you find an injured dolphin, this handy pocket-sized guide walks you through real-life situations, using clear illustrations for every occasion. It could save you from a grizzly and embarrassing death or, at the very least, marginally improve your life.