The second day sans smartphone was much easier and more enjoyable, probably because the fear of missing something important had subsided significantly. At the end of that first day, I went through the hundred received emails, three text messages, eighteen Twitter notifications, and twenty-two Facebook alerts. I don’t know if these numbers are typical for mothers but they’re about right for me. Prior to that day though, I had no idea how many of these I was receiving because I’d spend a minute or two checking each and every alert all day long. No more!
