How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life

Book details

Details for How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
AuthorPrice, Catherine
PublisherTen Speed Press
Bindingpaperback
PublishedFebruary 13, 2018
Edition1
LanguageEnglish
Pages192
ISBN-10039958112X
ISBN-139780399581120
Weight0.4 lb
Dimensions
H × W × L
0.7 in × 5.0 in × 6.9 in

How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life

$4.47 $13.32
Availability:
In stock
SKU:
039958112X-4
Condition
Condition notes

Used book in good condition. Pages and cover are intact, with signs of use. Notes or highlighting are possible. CDs and access codes may be missing.

About this book

Award-winning Journalist Catherine Price Presents A Practical, Hands-on Plan To Break Up -- And Then Make Up -- With Your Phone. The Goal? A Long-term Relationship That Actually Feels Good. You'll Discover How Phones And Apps Are Designed To Be Addictive And How The Time We Spend On Them Damages Our Abilities To Focus, Think Deeply, And Form New Memories. You'll Then Make Customized Changes To Your Settings, Apps, Environment, And Mindset That Will Enable You To Take Back Control...

Read the full description

Award-winning Journalist Catherine Price Presents A Practical, Hands-on Plan To Break Up -- And Then Make Up -- With Your Phone. The Goal? A Long-term Relationship That Actually Feels Good. You'll Discover How Phones And Apps Are Designed To Be Addictive And How The Time We Spend On Them Damages Our Abilities To Focus, Think Deeply, And Form New Memories. You'll Then Make Customized Changes To Your Settings, Apps, Environment, And Mindset That Will Enable You To Take Back Control Of Your Life -- Both On Your Phone And Off. -- From Back Cover. An Open Letter To My Phone -- Introduction -- Part I. The Wake-up -- Our Phones Are Designed To Addict Us -- Putting The Dope In Dopamine -- The Tricks Of The Trade -- Why Social Media Sucks -- The Truth About Multitasking -- Your Phone Is Changing Your Brain -- Your Phone Is Killing Your Attention Span -- Your Phone Messes With Your Memory -- Stress, Sleep, And Satisfaction -- How To Take Back Your Life -- Part Ii. The Breakup -- Technology Triage -- Changing Your Habits -- Reclaiming Your Brain -- (and Beyond) Your New Relationship -- Epilogue. Catherine Price. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 174-179) And Index.


Returns Policy

You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).

You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).

If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the 'Complete Orders' link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.

Shipping

We can ship to virtually any address in the world. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations.

When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.

Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell are weight-based. The weight of any such item can be found on its detail page. To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full pound.