These days, I am using my phone a lot, without any specific meaning attached to it.
It is been almost a week or two now. And, it took me long to realize this thing. However, it does not mean, I am not doing my job or activities well. But, main thing is: I can really used this time for many productive things.
Phone, maybe social media, is like a glass of water for us. One can survive for some time, but not for a long term. I cannot tell, like how many times I have unlock it just to check the time, and somehow ten minutes later I will realize that I have been watching reels or playing a game. Then there is this new thing for me – a movie clip. Yes, you read it right. It is becoming a new addiction, and no matter, how much I hide it, it is the fact.
The strange part about all this personal reflection is that it has started to feel absolutely normal.
With the surge in GenZ's population, nobody thinks they are addicted to their phone. It is just there, sitting on the table. In your pocket, beside the pillow or anywhere close to you. It is like a roommate now who never sleeps and always something urgent is on the way.
To be honest, it feels like I am in a relationship with my phone. The tool phase has ended, and we both are loyal and committed to each other.
We spend every waking hours together; and embarrassingly, several sleeping ones too. Loyalty, now, seems like to be turning into obsession. There is no respect for personal boundaries.
My changing sleep schedule was the moment I knew something has changed, and something had to change. It simply occupied every empty space inside it.
Time for change
The phone has stopped sleeping beside me. I have turned off the notifications for every social media app. Disappearing notifications are quite beneficial in this manner. Moreover, I have stopped it from carrying everywhere. And honestly, it is working fine. I just spend time doing other things.
It demands more change, and I am sure it will take some time. It is hard to overcome any addiction. Slowly but surely will reach there.
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The End
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