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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 30-Mar-2025 01:55:07 JST Adrianna Tan

   Two weeks ago I took off my smart watch to charge and never put it back on.

   I don’t need a quantitfied life. I don’t need to always be connected.

   I just don’t want any of this anymore.

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     Matt (mpace965@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 30-Mar-2025 02:35:57 JST Matt

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     @skinnylatte I feel this so hard.

     I did the same for a couple months. Just the other day I wore it again because I’ve been running more. I was doing intervals and it was nice to have those reminders automated. I took it right off afterwards though.

     The kind of tracking it does is feeling increasingly invasive.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 30-Mar-2025 04:56:21 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Henning Deters

     @DetersHenning please let me know how it goes!

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     Henning Deters (detershenning@eupolicy.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Mar-2025 04:56:22 JST Henning Deters

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     @skinnylatte good for you! I don't mean to one-up you, but I just ordered one of these: https://www.punkt.ch/en/products/mp02-4g-mobile-phone/ First as an experiment; I'll see how it goes.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 30-Mar-2025 04:56:40 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Krazy Krêpe

     @krazykitty oh yeah for health stuff definitely. Hope they make a pretty one some day

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     Krazy Krêpe (krazykitty@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 30-Mar-2025 04:56:41 JST Krazy Krêpe

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     @skinnylatte I only have a smart watch because it monitors my heart rate and this is very useful in managing chronic fatigue syndrome.

     I only connect it to my phone when I need to update its time (that statement in itself is bonkers, I need to connect my watch to an app to set its time, what?).

     I sometimes worry that people think I enjoy having a connected watch. And I miss wearing my pretty watch that only tells the time.