Stop Buffering

I didn't look at my phone today. Not because of a challenge. It just… stayed

off. I still felt the "itch." That muscle memory of reaching for

a notification that wasn’t there. But because I couldn't check out… I had to stay in.

Conversations didn't have that "pause" for a text. The room felt… high definition.

Time stopped skipping. I realized I usually use my screen to kill the "in-between" moments.

Standing. Waiting. Just thinking. The weird part wasn't missing the feed.

It was realizing how much of my own life I’ve been editing out. The world didn’t

change today. I just stopped buffering.