I realized I was constantly reaching for my phone without thinking, like a reflex. You know, that notification you get on your phone?, about 5 months ago I got: "You've used your phone 2 hours more than last week." I'd get that notification before, but I hadn't paid attention to it, so I decided to try to use it less. The next week it was only 30 minutes less, and I was like, what?????

I started to get annoyed by the amount of time I was wasting on things that didn't really matter, watching the news, arguing with someone in a chat, or just scrolling. So one weekend I decided to put it away and see what happened. And, honestly... I felt like I could breathe again.