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I've Never Once Survived a Digital Detox

Published about 2 months ago • 1 min read

I Have Never Once Survived a Digital Detox

I am writing this from Mexico City during a very football-heavy month.

My laptop is open. There is football on in the background.

My phone is close enough to keep checking the group chats every time something happens in the match, which is apparently every 18 seconds.

Technically, I am working.

Technically, I am also watching the football.

Technically, I am also keeping up with friends commenting on the match, because apparently none of us can simply experience one thing at a time anymore.

And this is the annoying part: every screen has a decent excuse.

The laptop is work.

The match is fun.

The group chat is friendship.

The phone is maps, bookings, messages, match commentary, photos, travel plans, family updates, work notifications, weather, tickets and restaurant links.

So when someone says “just use your phone less”, I want to ask: which part?

The useful part?

The social part?

The admin part?

The “I need the address” part?

This is why detoxes have never worked for me, and I’ve tried, with full ceremony, more than once.

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Unwritten Potential

by Noemie Mooney

⚡ Ex-corporate burnout turned Certified Health Coach. Every week I help 1500+ burned-out humans build sustainable habits using my MAKE SPACE Method™, a 7-step, subtraction-first framework for real, messy life. No toxic wellness. No hustle culture. No BS. ⚡️Let's goooo!

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