How do you manage the mobile phone

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I don't answer my cell phone at work and only check it at lunch, sometimes. My NT husband is the emergency phone number for the kids.

I keep it simple, if I get a text or call from someone important in my life...I usually don't have an issue responding in a timely manner (if I was in a face to face conversation with that person I wouldn't wait 2 hours to respond to question they were asking right in front of me so I kinda liken it to that) If it's someone I don't want to deal with, I don't lol, I'll let it ring and ring and ring. If it's an unwanted text, I swipe it out of the screen and ignore it. If someone gets mad, oh well. I got a call yesterday (New Year's Eve) and I didn't want to talk and let it ring. They left a voicemail wishing me a happy new year and I still haven't called back and don't intend to. It's not that I dislike the person but they aren't of high enough importance to respond to by phone. Eventually I'll see them face to face but if they are mad because of it, that's their issue.

One thing I don't do is use the phone on the job. I see a lot of other employees constantly fiddling with their phones on the job but I don't. I get paid to work, not play on my phone. When I was married I had to make it a point to either not take the phone on the job or power it off or airplane mode. My ex-wife would blow up my phone all day at work if I let her. I told her not to bother trying to get ahold of me at work. It was too distracting for me. I wonder how much productivity is lost every day due to people irresponsibly using phones on the job?

Outside of work though I seem to always be on either my phone or computer or some gadget. I've always had a love for portable technology, even before cell phones became main stream. When I was a kid, it was portable video games I loved, hand held CB radios, police scanners and cassette players. Nowadays mobile technology is rampant so it was natural that I fell right into it. Although it probably isn't the healthiest way to cope, I use my phone frequently in social situations so i don't have to focus on the people around me. It's my escape but it's pretty much socially acceptable. Instead of possibly having a meltdown or something, I grab my phone and browse online yard sales and such lol

I've got a One Plus 7 Pro and I love it. It's got a large enough screen and powerful enough processor that it's essentially a computer. It has replaced the need for a laptop entirely. I go everywhere with it, I usually use it for media consumption and GPS if I'm on the go. I have a terrible sense of direction along with anxiety about getting lost, and Google Maps on my smart phone eliminates this. It frees me to be able to leave my house or travel to unfamiliar places.

While I try to answer phone calls right away (usually only my parents or doctors offices call me), I don't answer texts right away. I don't want to be reachable 24/7, and I reply to my texts when I get around to it and my friends know this/accept it. I don't expect them to be reachable 24/7 either.