With the rise of the digital world, staying rooted in the physical one takes intention and effort.
I am trying to follow a simple rule. Limit my internet use. My phone plan runs for three months with limited data. What began as a cost-effective choice slowly turned into a conscious practice. So, when I go out, limited data makes me pause before every click and it filters what truly matters from what’s just noise.
Still, it’s not easy. The internet is stitched into everything. For eg, Google Maps, Strava, UPI, Rapido or even WhatsApp. Even a simple SMS feels like a relic as it exists only for OTPs. I’ve tried cutting digital clues with wallpaper, minimal apps, fewer notifications but complete detachment isn’t realistic. Some days, I am bounded to recharge a one-day data pack and get back online, just to finish something that can’t stay offline.
That’s why I began reaching for hobbies that don’t need gadgets like oil pastels, real books, small hands-on things and trying to meet friends. They remind me that presence has texture/emotion. Still, even they demand a trace of the internet. To share a piece of work, or simply exist in the loop. It can’t be fully avoided.
It’s not exactly friction that the internet creates, but something subtler, a quiet thing with how I experience the world around me. It lowers my in person effectiveness, my ability to stay rooted in what’s real and immediate.
I keep wondering if it’s just me. Or if we’re all, in our own ways, trying to rebuild a life that can balance between being connected and being present.
Cheers!
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