"TikTok has long been a way to turn my brain off. Who knew staring into the distance could do a better job?" — this is too real! one of my most successful tech habits been no tiktok before bed, and i've felt a shocking shift: random idea bursts before sleep and less anxious dreams!
I like this. I've always been a child of the internet and I also work in tech. I don't really want to give the internet up completely and go analog...I just want it to be less of a default action. Reclaiming tech, I like.
I got the e-mail for this RIGHT after shuffling around in bed, trying to decide whether or not to quit “bad” tech use (it 1:39 AM here, crazyyy) Anyways, I’ve decided to do this 75 Hard as well. I’m also quitting music completely for a month and after that month I’m quitting streaming and going iTunes only. Something about this calm feeling you only felt as a child brings me to tears every time, but it’s too late to be thinking about all of this amazing writing
so glad this resonates! I miss how carefree I felt as a child. Of course, with age comes responsibility... but I wonder if creating more boundaries between ourselves and the tech we use can help reorient and ground ourselves. Remember how we would lose track of time? How precious that was before the normalization of notifications started ruining our flows.
Sorry for the late reply, I was doing a full tech-detox up until my birthday (which was 26 minutes ago now!!) I once read an article that said that it's still 2009 outside if you shut off the Goddamn phone and they were totally right. For the first time in 10+ years I ate a meal without a video or music in the background. The noise of cars passing by, children playing outside; I think it's small things like this that ground us. Also, this article was what started this detox so I owe you a giant THANK YOU!!!
Loved this! Also re footnote 1: yes definitely <3
Thank you!! excited to hear your results :) (ps. good to know....)
Yes yes! PLEASE give us a follow up post. Wasn’t expecting the article to end there. 😊
stay tuned!
"TikTok has long been a way to turn my brain off. Who knew staring into the distance could do a better job?" — this is too real! one of my most successful tech habits been no tiktok before bed, and i've felt a shocking shift: random idea bursts before sleep and less anxious dreams!
I like this. I've always been a child of the internet and I also work in tech. I don't really want to give the internet up completely and go analog...I just want it to be less of a default action. Reclaiming tech, I like.
Too often is the whole 'tech consumption' thing discussed in black and white!
I got the e-mail for this RIGHT after shuffling around in bed, trying to decide whether or not to quit “bad” tech use (it 1:39 AM here, crazyyy) Anyways, I’ve decided to do this 75 Hard as well. I’m also quitting music completely for a month and after that month I’m quitting streaming and going iTunes only. Something about this calm feeling you only felt as a child brings me to tears every time, but it’s too late to be thinking about all of this amazing writing
so glad this resonates! I miss how carefree I felt as a child. Of course, with age comes responsibility... but I wonder if creating more boundaries between ourselves and the tech we use can help reorient and ground ourselves. Remember how we would lose track of time? How precious that was before the normalization of notifications started ruining our flows.
Sorry for the late reply, I was doing a full tech-detox up until my birthday (which was 26 minutes ago now!!) I once read an article that said that it's still 2009 outside if you shut off the Goddamn phone and they were totally right. For the first time in 10+ years I ate a meal without a video or music in the background. The noise of cars passing by, children playing outside; I think it's small things like this that ground us. Also, this article was what started this detox so I owe you a giant THANK YOU!!!
Thanks for sharing! How do you turn your phone dumb every day at a certain time?