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Jamie MacDonald's avatar

First of all, I love the subtitle. When will the next time be? Secondly, I can totally relate to the birds flitting by and the movement thing. I just spent a week without my phone. I think after the fifth or so day you definitely notice that kind of spaciousness you allude to here in the mind. Walks seem different, conversations more meaningful, the mind more present overall. Even colours of buildings look prettier. I too, walked around with a notepad. The only thing that I was missing was a little point a shoot. But, I'm getting one soon and my new routine will be notebook, pen, camera when I leave the house. As well as a dumb phone. It's remarkable how much smartphones are taking away time and creativity from our lives. Thanks for sharing your experience!

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Lisa's avatar

I love this so much! So beautifully written, and this sounds like an incredible few days. I have recently done maybe 0.005% of what you're doing here by deleting tiktok from my phone monday to friday, because I could feel the app affecting my brain in a scary way. I'd love to take it further!

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