My phone is on “do not disturb” for most of the day. The volume button has been shifted to “off”. The app icons do not have little red bubbles telling me how many items I’ve missed. I never see a banner message with a Gmail preview, and I uninstalled Outlook long before I left my job. My wrist does not buzz with any incoming transmissions. I try to use my phone when I need something…
I have had the task of writing a blog post about leaving social media on my Asana for months - probably as long as I've left social media the task has been there. I'm not exactly sure what the block has been, but I'm starting to understand that I'm afraid of going back to social media. There's some trepidation about social comparison, but it's much more about contending with my own lack of self-control. It…