# Keep phones away during social interactions

Practice ID: 2
Topic: `relationships` (relationships: Practices that keep communication in service of real human connection.)
Added: 2026-09-01
Journey entry point: `reset` (Reduce the strongest default pulls and regain enough space to choose deliberately.)
Start with: `habit` (habit)
Supports: `protected-presence` (protected human presence; group: `daily-life` / My attention and daily life)

## Pattern

A person sharing the moment should not have to compete with an unneeded phone.

## Practice

Keep the phone away during social interaction unless there is a clear reason that needs attention at that moment.

## Start small

Put the phone out of reach during one meal or conversation today.

## Watch out

When the phone is genuinely needed, tell the other person why you are reaching for it.

## Concepts

- [in-person-first](https://live.freewith.tech/concepts/in-person-first.md): Meaningful human connection moves into shared physical presence whenever circumstances allow.

## Related videos

- [my phone addiction damaged real connection](https://fwt.wtf/rebuild-relationships?utm_source=live.freewith.tech)
- [your phone is ruining this moment](https://fwt.wtf/think-twice?utm_source=live.freewith.tech)

## Continue

- [See more in relationships.](https://live.freewith.tech/?topic=relationships#practices)
- [Journey](https://live.freewith.tech/journey.md)
- [Concepts](https://live.freewith.tech/concepts.md)
- [Complete agent-readable database](https://live.freewith.tech/llms.txt)