Where Frugality Meets Fitness
Where Frugality Meets Fitness
Where Frugality Meets Fitness
Where Frugality Meets Fitness
Digital Minimalism at Frugalmatic is about using technology intentionally so it serves your life instead of controlling it. In this category, you’ll find posts on dumbphones and minimalist devices, strategies for protecting your attention, parenting advice about tech, and reflections on living mindfully in a digital world. These ideas help you protect your time, focus more on what matters, and reduce the hidden costs of modern devices.
If you’re interested in dramatically reducing your screen time, both the Light Phone III and Sunbeam F1 Pro can help you do that. Both are great dumbphone options, though I’ve started to call them anti-smartphones. […]
Light Phone III vs. Sunbeam F1 Pro: Which One Is Better? Read More »
I’ve delayed writing this post because artificial intelligence is so new and evolving at such a fast rate. Not even the so-called experts agree on the best way to integrate AI into our day-to-day lives.
Where AI Chatbots Fit into Everyday Life Read More »
This guide is for the roughly 5% of us who embrace dumphones, a.k.a. anti-smartphones. (And I’m reaching out to anyone who wants to give up their smartphone but might be a little afraid.) But let’s
The Dumbphone Guide: How to Beat Those Digital Gates Read More »
Since the emergence of the first minimalist phones, plenty of people have misunderstood their purpose and value. They struggle with the idea of having to pay hundreds of dollars for a device designed to be
How to Protect Your Attention from Smartphone Distractions Read More »
Our home doesn’t have a video game console, and there are no plans to buy one even as our kids approach their teen years, the prime age for gaming. That being said, parents who want
Keeping Kids Off Video Games (Mostly. Without Battles) Read More »
As someone who’s enjoyed using the original Sunbeam F1 phone the past couple years, I was curious whether the new F1 Pro would offer a noticeably different experience. In short, it does. The form factor
Sunbeam F1 Pro Review: The Best Dumbphone Upgrade? Read More »
Many parents feel like they have little choice over whether to give their teenager a smartphone. If they don’t, they fear, their child will somehow lose important social connections. Timothy Carney, a father of six
Keeping Smartphones Out of Kids’ Hands: One Dad’s Frugalmatic Approach Read More »
Back in 2015, as sales of the new iPhone 6 boomed and Apple CEO Tim Cook declared his company had sold 74 million phones in just three months, Joe Hollier and Kaiwei Tang decided that
Kaiwei Tang Interview: Co-creator of the Light Phone III Read More »
As parents, we naturally seek out expert advice on tech. We want to know the “best way” to raise our children. It’s understandable that we’re inclined to defer to the judgement of experts because they are,
Why Expert Advice on Tech Comes Too Late for Parents Read More »
If you’re a parent, you’ve probably felt like there’s no good answer to the question of whether to give your child a smartphone. On the one hand, you recognize these devices can expose your child
Should You Give Your Child a Smartphone? Read More »
