Sit with a heavy feeling for five minutes before you try to scroll it away. It usually has something to say.

STILLNESS

WHAT THIS MEANS

A difficult feeling is trying to tell you something, and a feed is very good at cutting it off mid-sentence. The relief is real but borrowed, because the feeling does not leave, it waits and comes back with the same message. Staying with it briefly is usually enough to learn what it is about.

Set five minutes and let the thing be there with nothing in your hand. Do not try to fix it or argue with it. Afterwards write down the one sentence it seemed to be saying, and decide later what to do about that.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What feeling do you reach for your phone to escape?

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