On Sunday morning I went down to a cafe near home, sipped my coffee, and sat alone with my thoughts.
No book. No notepad. No scrolling on my phone. No laptop to do work.
I know I use my phone as a way to pass the time, avoid my own thoughts, and to be mindless rather than be mindful More broadly, scrolling on our phones as a gap-filler has become a habit we’ve collectively normalised.
To stop this habit, like developing any new skill, it’ll require intentional practise to get better at it. Perhaps I should turn Sunday’s experiment into a more regular thing.