When is ReCover Right for You?
Signs that ReCover is for you
To put it simply, ReCover is for you when you think you are too attached to your smartphone and would like to create a new, healthier relationship with it. But what does it mean to be “too attached”? Of course, this is a very subjective question which you have to answer for yourself.
Check if you can relate to the following situations:
- Do you sometimes unlock your phone “just because”?
- Do you frequently get the sudden urge to pick up and check your phone, even if no notifications have popped up? Do you feel like you just cannot control this urge?
- Have you lost sight of how many times during the day you pick up and unlock your smartphone, without even knowing why? And then you jump mindlessly from one app to another?
- Do you sometimes grab your phone in situations when you are busy doing something, and you even know that there is nothing important or urgent going on? For example, while you are taking a walk, during a conversation with your partner, friends or family, or maybe even while you are watching your little kids?
- Do you find it frustrating when you just caught yourself in a phone spiral again, having scrolled mindlessly for 20 minutes even though you actually wanted to do something else?
Do you recognise your own behaviour?
If you see yourself in one or more of these (not so uncommon) situations, and if it bothers you, then you should consider using ReCover.
Maybe you have already taken some steps to create a healthier relationship with your smartphone, such as setting limits for distracting apps or maybe you have installed some apps which help you reduce your screen time.
ReCover has a different approach because it is a physical device which will act as a speedbump before you even enter the phone.
It breaks the neural pathway of automatically grabbing and unlocking your phone.
ReCover is for you if you want to
- Break the habit of picking up your phone without any reason: ReCover acts as a visual reminder and a physical boundary which you have to remove first before you enter your phone. It allows you to choose consciously if you really want to use your phone at this moment. It empowers you to protect your attention, time and mind from the power of the tech companies!
- Recover your attention span and boost productivity: every time you interrupt a task to check your phone, your brain needs to expend a lot of energy to switch to the new content. Once our brain has gotten used to the constant shift of tasks, we give in easily to check our phones even while we are doing something else. Our attention span is getting shorter and shorter, which adversely affects our ability to learn. In the early 2000s, our focus shifted to something new roughly every 2.5 minutes. Now, the average has gone down to about 47 seconds. Every time we switch our focus from what we are doing to our phone, it takes us about 25 min to get back into the “flow”.
- Stop wasting your time: ReCover helps you reduce the pickup rate and as a consequence most likely screen time. Be aware that reducing the screen time is not the overall goal of ReCover. Screen time can still be high due to reading the news, using workout apps or learning a new language, for example. ReCover’s main added value is to empower you to make a conscious decision of WHEN and HOW to use your phone.
- Make a statement and show the people around you that they are more important than your phone: the pure presence of a phone during social interactions has been shown to lead to less connection during conversations. However, it cannot always be avoided to have the phone around. Sometimes you just don’t have a pocket or a purse with you, and you leave your house with just the phone. If during dinner then you “have to” put your phone on the table, with ReCover on you show the persons you are with that they are the priority.
- Set an example and inspire others: the last few situations were very much about one’s own behaviors, but maybe we also feel bothered if other people around us are using their phones in our presence. By showing that you use ReCover and are actively willing to change your own behavior, you may inspire others to question their habits as well.
If you are aware that you have a rather unhealthy relationship with your smartphone and are willing to take action to change your habits, then ReCover is for you.