MAYBE IT'S THE PHONE
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Caroline in the Garden, a musician in Atlanta, recently wrote, “I’m disgusted with myself over my phone use,” saying “my phone usage during this ‘publicity cycle’ was getting to be upwards of 6-7 hours a day.”
They’ve since deleted the social media apps and wrote a new song.
That can happen when we don’t spend all our time on social media.
How grand could we be if we spent 6-7 hours a day on your craft? Or just three? One?
That’s not possible, right?
But the social media platforms have figured that out for us. They insist we spend multiple hours every day promoting, networking, and engaging. They’ve set our schedule, sneaking in all those minutes that add up to hours throughout our day.
What if there was another way?
Maybe it’s the apps.
Maybe it’s the phone.
“Our attention is being syphoned.
They call it an Attention Economy, but it could be more aptly named the Life-Force Economy because we all feel what exactly it extracts from us.”
That’s from Kate Ellen’s new piece, “A year with a Light Phone,” which we’ll be talking about live this Saturday on Zoom.
As Kate says, “should be a lot of fun because me and Seth are pretty weird and fun. And so are you.”
A YEAR WITH A LIGHT PHONE
Saturday, May 16 at 12:00 PM EDT
Replay available if you sign up.
Pay what you want, starting at $3.00
Register for the Zoom call here: https://luma.com/hufzuizs
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CO-WORKING ZOOM CALL Tuesday, May 19th at 12:00PM EST
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