Simon Cowell has been without a mobile phone for 10 months now - and the music mogul says he's far happier. But for those of us who don't have a chauffeur to get us from A to B and an assistant to take calls, is going phone-free actually possible?
"I don't think it's realistic for any of us to be without communication," says digital detox expert and author of 'Off', Tanya Goodin. "But we can definitely do without being glued to our devices 24/7."
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