Notes / Life · 11.09.2026 · 64 views

A week without a phone

I left it in a drawer in the kitchen. The first two days I reached for my pocket at every red light. On Wednesday I bought a paper map and got lost on purpose. The walks got longer. I still checked email on the laptop at night — this was not a monastery — but the street felt quieter.

I put the phone back on Sunday. I turned off the lock-screen badges. That was the part that stuck.