Will Bowen
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Phones are drugs. Speed running devices for our own spiritual seppuku. My brain is constantly looking for ways to get a quick hit. The pull to check each social platform twice in quick succession is very strong. Not even to read the content, just to swipe through fast, open and close apps, and then put my phone somewhere in reach but out of sight. So strong in fact it's syphoning energy away from the tasks that I actually want to get done. My potential wasted. This is definitely withdrawal. Feels gross even talking about this. What do you mean you can't work without immediate proximity to a device? What do you mean you need a notification bell icon to feel something? Fighting the gremlin is rough right now. The withdrawal in the back of my mind, increasingly agitated by the "you're blocked" splash screen on any device I instinctively try to access content on. "But what if we need to access something? What if I want to post something?" Scratching at the insides of my skull to get a tiny indication of relief. Any angle possible to get another hit. What my drug-riddled mind doesn't realise though, is I can't unblock these sites anymore. There is no escape hatch. From midnight to 8:30pm every day they're locked. Truly nothing I can do. With no back doors, cheat codes or workarounds. Cold turkey is the only way I can break this pattern. And this is just day one of blocking social media until 8:30pm. I’m also exceptionally bored.


Apparently this is Jim Carrey at the French film awards. This is some Truman show stuff.



I wish I could post and not see anything else. No feed, no likes, no comments, just a black void. Zero distractions or feedback just a public note taker or creative engine where you can’t see the results. Does a platform like this exist?







@mikefutia Except ur video sucks








