A Digital Detox Won’t Work Unless You Ask Yourself This Question

Breaking free from your phone addiction starts with a simple thought experiment

Alexandra (Lex) Hearth
Forge
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4 min readSep 18, 2019

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TThere’s an app called Mute, which lets you set up challenges with your friends to see who can stay off their phone the longest. Another one called Moment offers “device addiction coaching” to help you pick up your phone less…

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Alexandra (Lex) Hearth
Forge
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@lexonthedecks | Ex Nike | Writer & Philosopher | DJ | Podcaster (Top #10 Apple Music Podcast) | “I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.”