This Friday (and every Friday before it, and every Friday after it), I am fixated on one of my favorite phone features: "Do Not Disturb," affectionately referred to as DND. At some point in the past few years, Do Not Disturb stopped being a feature and instead became a personality trait, and I am its biggest proponent.
Some people use DND as a temporary boundary. A quick reset. A little digital quiet time. I use it as a lifestyle. My notifications are silent, my banners are gone, and the outside world must work slightly harder to reach me. It's a subtle but powerful shift. Instead of my phone deciding when I should look at it, I decide when I feel like engaging with the world.
I may or may not be swiping up on my home screen every fifteen minutes anyway, just in case a certain someone has texted me (did you even read last week's newsletter? I have a crush!), but that my friend, is between me and God.
When it comes to everything else, if something truly requires my attention, there is a time-tested system in place: they can call me. Twice. And even then, I reserve the right to consider whether or not I want to answer.
Double Dog Dare You: Make DND your personality for the weekend. It's fun, I promise.
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