Lrt is too real and true. I've been trying more and more to remember what it was like before I had a phone, when I was a kid firmly rooted in the things I saw around me. Though I dreamed abt the worlds of the books I read often, I was so much more present and comfortable with things as they were

I didn't feel the compulsion to put on a YouTube video while I drew, I didn't worry abt checking notifications, I didn't have the intrusive "I could post this" thought.

we all know it's largely reducing our quality of life and we do it anyway. It is an addiction. But it's so hard to reintroduce friction into our lives. To sit in silence, to go out without headphones, to not check social media when we're waiting for something

But it's one of the most important things we can do. I want to feel firmly rooted in the real world again, and choose when I indulge in fantasy. I want to have a clear head and not feel so overwhelmed all the time.

I want to live in the world in front of me even when I know I could fall into oblivion and not have to think for a bit. Or gamble with an algorithm for a dopamine hit. Or put on something to turn my lunch into productivity.