Calmer and softer - Kompakt appreciation post

Healthy Body and Mind
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Hi,

i’m usually more the forum lurking type, but I really want to share with you how purchasing the kompakt has changed my life for the better.
It’s been only four weeks since I received the device, but the benefits are so dramatic that I feel a need to share what has been happening.
I’m sure there are others browsing on here who’'ll find this valuable (I was reading the forum two months before I decided to purchase).

For the last few years I have been struggling with my mental health, relationships and parenting (became a father twice)..

The last few weeks I have been extremely happy, positive and generally appreciative of life and attentive (I was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult five years ago).
Since switching to the Kompakt, I am having a better connection with everyone important to me. I don’t feel the urge to check my phone, or google anything I want to know at any moment.

Here’s an overview of the ways it has improved my life:

  • I stopped listening to podcasts. I was endlessly listening to podcasts while travelling, doing chores and working out.
    I have the calm cast app installed, but I just don’t feel the urge to listen to podcasts any more. It now think it was a form of escapism, searching for novel information about things that are generally irrelevant for me.

  • In frustrating moments with the kids, I don’t have the option to let them watch video’s.
    I’m finding new ways to engage with them, and I think they actually like this a lot more.

  • I’m calling my relatives to check up on them.

They find it awkward at first, but I do think they appreaciate it now. Friends that don’t like calling I send them an SMS.

- I have more time.
I’'m doing more real world activities (such as gardening, which is wonderful).

- I stopped reading the news ( insert lyrics of Morrissey - Spent the day in bed)
If something relevant to me happens, I’m sure someone will tell me.

  • reading more books.
    I pull out the kompakt to read whenever I can, It’s great.

My brain feels like its resetting, I feel more in touch with myself each day.
Smartphones might work for some, but definitely not for me. This is the way.
I still have my iphone, but it’s switched off. Only turn it on for banking (less impulse buying also!)

There are probably a lot of topics like this, but I had to write this down.
Thanks for this incredible device Mudita team. So happy I didn’t go for the full e-ink smartphone option.

Thanks,

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I am training my friends and relatives who don’t like to call me to expect sometimes a call from me when they text-message me.

Three Scenarios
  1. If a friend or relative text-messages me and I do not see the message until hours later, then I typically will not call him or her in response, and I may not reply to the text message.
  2. If a friend or relative starts or responds to a group text-message on which I have been put, then I typically will not post a response in that group thread.
  3. BUT, if a friend or relative text-messages me and I happen to see that message within minutes of its arrival, then I typically will call him or her immediately after seeing it.

Scenario 1 discourages them from expecting a one-on-one back-&-forth by texting.

  • If the sender needed an immediate response, then he or she likely would have called me.

Scenario 2 discourages them from expecting my participation in group threads that are silly chatter.

  • In-person gatherings can be more meaningful and joyful, even if they are silly, too.

Scenario 3 takes advantage of the fact that they were within minutes of touching their cellphones and therefore should be reachable to talk on their cellphones.

  • I have had several nice talks that started with me calling a friend or relative soon after he or she text-messaged me.
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@mitchell I really enjoyed reading your post. It’s interesting how, more recently, user have been describing their experience with Mudita Kompakt in emotional terms rather than purely technical ones (I like that you used the words calmer, softer, less rushed).

One of my New Year’s resolutions this year was actually to talk on the phone more instead of defaulting to texts and notifications all day. There’s something much more personal & human about hearing someone’s voice, and I feel like devices like Kompakt naturally encourage more of that kind of connection.

Thanks for sharing your experience with the community :slightly_smiling_face:

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