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Rachael Varca's avatar

My husband and I are expecting, and after a nasty bout of being sick with different things for the last three out of four weeks, my screentime increased to a dramatic and alarming level, almost as much as a full-time job. So I decided to learn to discipline myself and give up screen time for Lent as preparation for both disciplining myself, and to create a better habit for when our baby comes. This was a great piece, and I'm so glad I stumbled on your newsletter a few weeks ago.

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Tiffanie Pope's avatar

I have deep grief about this. i tried to give up my iPhone a few years ago and found that i couldn't even go to a restaurant without needing my phone to scan the QR code to read a frickin menu. i work so hard at it - to be mindful and conscientious and intentional about it and .. I'm exhausted. I hate my phone. I've used Catherine Price's How to Break Up with Your Phone book (and loaned it to many friends!!) and did her challenge leading up to phone-free day. sigh. I watched the film "Julie and Julia" the other night after not seeing it since it came out. It was made in 2003, and is essentially a snapshot of life right as social media (via blogs) was just emerging, and phones were not even smart yet. I was enthralled seeing the people on the subway just... looking around instead of on their phones, and how, even then, the friends absorbed in their phones were depicted as being rude. I want our lives back.

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