Craig Mod
How I Got My Attention Back
There are a thousand beautiful ways to start the day that don’t begin with looking at your phone. And yet so few of us choose to do so. Technology is commanding our attention in infinite, insurmountable loops. A country trip off-grid helped me escape.
Why we picked it
Pairs a concrete off-grid reset with a clear account of how phones turn the start of a day into an attention loop.
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