The honest truth

A reckoning with my progress, or lack thereof...

Time for a confession. I have been writing here for three weeks — I’m sharing essays about my journey reshaping my relationship with technology, I’m slinging advice left and right on Reddit, and I’m posting Notes about digital minimalism and social media detoxes. I’ve been making changes in my personal life for almost five months now. 

And yet, I’m arguably still addicted to my phone.

My mindset has shifted. I feel motivated and invigorated. My anxiety has dropped significantly. 

And yet, my daily phone pick-ups average was staggering this week (133). 

And yet, I’m still reaching for my phone to numb my mind. 

And yet, I feel just as far away from the relationship I want to have with my phone, as I did 5 months ago.