You can’t watch your life at 2x speed. Stop living like you’re trying to.

Everything on a screen is built to be consumed faster, and the habit does not politely stay on the screen. It turns up as skimming conversations, half-listening to somebody, eating without noticing. Speeding through a video costs you nothing, while speeding through a Tuesday costs you the Tuesday.

Pick one thing a day to do at normal speed this week, on purpose. One meal without a screen, one walk with nothing playing, one conversation where you are not composing your reply while they talk. It feels slow at first because it is, and that is the entire feature.