A Radical (But Doable) Plan for Breaking Your Phone Addiction

To make your phone work for you, not against you, think like an anthropologist and deconstruct all the jobs you’re asking it to do

Ximena Vengoechea
Forge
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7 min readFeb 11, 2021

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My hands hurt. They’re sore and stiff, and on bad days I can feel a dull ache from my wrist all the way up to the base of my skull. I know what…

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Ximena Vengoechea
Forge
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Writer, UX Researcher, Author of The Life Audit ('24), Rest Easy ('23), Listen Like You Mean It ('21). ximenavengoechea.com/books