Actually technology is designed to make us further addicted, so alerts are a good example- how many times are they really urgent or necessary though. A whole industry has been built on this. We get dopamine (reward) hits from it short term. I think many of us struggle with this. Maybe more so being remote during lockdowns.

I think it’s awesome you had such a productive day after losing your phone, that’s a good discovery to make. I need to take a leaf from your book definitely!

Hoping you can visit your family soon too, maybe even planning a trip will be positive for you?