You know the feeling. It's 1 AM, the room is dark, and your thumb is still moving. You told yourself you'd stop twenty minutes ago. You know you should sleep. You're not even enjoying what you're seeing anymore.
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Ever watched a baby examine its own hand? They turn it slowly, staring. No agenda. They're not trying to figure anything out. They're just absorbed in the weirdness of having fingers. That kind of attention still exists.
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You notice you're picking up your phone 80 times a day. You're losing whole evenings to YouTube, opening Instagram before your feet even touch the floor. So one Friday you decide enough is enough: the phone goes in a.
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