How to Break Up With Your Phone

so present in the moment that you feel as if you’re outside of time.

when we train our attention on our phones, we miss out on everything else going on around us – and if you don’t have an experience to begin with, then it goes without saying that you’re not going to remember it later. What’s more, when we overload our working memories, we make it harder for our brains to transfer new information to our long-term me

dopamine-induced excitement is not the same thing as actual happiness.

IN THE PAST, if a person described herself as feeling happy, sad, excited, anxious, curious, frustrated, ignored, important, lonely, joyful, and existentially depressed within the space of five minutes, she likely would have received a diagnosis. But give me five minutes on my phone, and I can accomplish this and more.

the more you’re able to draw connections between seemingly unconnected things, the more likely you are to have insights.

Every tweet, message, profile, and post pulls our brains in a different direction. We end up acting like water bugs, skittering on the surface without ever diving

Smartphones engage in disruptive behaviours that have traditionally been performed only by extremely annoying people.

One thought triggers another thought, which triggers another . . . and suddenly, you’ve had a breakthrough.

And just like time, once we’ve spent attention, we can never get it back.