24 hours without my Phone

Last week I was brushing my teeth, minding my own business. Watching RUclips videos at the sink. As you do. My boyfriend looked me up and down and laughed, calling me ridiculous. I shrugged and looked back down at my phone.
Yesterday, on the other side of town, tired after a long day, we were headed home. We decided to pickup food on our way. Then it hit me. The all-consuming panic of a phone blinking to low battery. Damn. Plans ruined. Straight home it must be.
I couldn't IMAGINE spending 1 hour waiting on take-away food without my phone. So I scrapped plans. That was it. Straight home.
I breathed in a sigh, to begin telling my boyfriend that food was cancelled. But then I froze...
And then it hit me... I am RIDICULOUS. Cancelling food because I couldn't scroll my phone?!
Wow. I'm pathetic and... when did I become so addicted to my phone!?
So here we are. We're staging an intervention. No phone for 24 hours. The deep end of the (temporary) social dilemma challenge. Just to prove to myself that I can, right? Cleanse my soul of social media. Like a spa day. But during a pandemic. And with a bunch of chores to do. So jump on board and come with me as I potter about today. Preparing to present in a lab meeting, a cycling trip, some foraging and plucking a task from the depths of my "it can wait" to-do list. It was a very productive day. For me. But probably boring to watch. Unless berry picking makes you as happy as it makes me.
If you're having dreams of phone-detox, may this be the inspiration you need! In a world where we don't give our brains 2 minutes to ponder as we brush our teeth, we can't wait without scrolling, and we haven't read the ingredients on the back of the bottles in the bathroom since our childhood. It's time. For a phone cleanse.
Power to the phoneless people, I feel the pull of the social dilemma.
#challenge #phone #adayinmylife #phonefree #foraging #thesocialdilemma #TheGreatRealisation

[@EmmaSandy]

As a kid, I would sit at the kitchen table and read cereal boxes for fun. Even if it was just the ingredients list 😅... some of the fancy ones would have games on them! Remember those?
Well I'm delighted that I have a phone now. But I reach for it unconsciously. And it's draining the spice out of life.
My favourite part of the 24 hours was going berry picking 🍇