How she works

Say the ask.
She does the rest.

Four steps from “just five more minutes” to actually looking up.

  1. 01

    Set the curfew

    One rule. She holds it.

    Tell her when the phone goes down and what you’d rather be doing. She sets the cutoff and checks in at the exact time you usually spiral, with something better than the feed.

    yo get me off my phone this week. no scrolling after 10.
    Locked. 10pm cutoff. I’ll check in at 9:55 with a reason to put it down, not just a reminder that you should.
  2. 02

    She sees the spiral

    Same time, same black hole.

    She clocks when you fall in: the 11pm bed-scroll, the post-lunch dip, the “I just unlocked it to check one thing.” She names the pattern and steps in before it eats an hour.

    why do i lose an hour every night in bed
    Last 5 nights you opened the app at 11:10 and scrolled past midnight. Tonight I’ll nudge at 11:00 so the phone goes on the charger across the room.
    across the room is evil but ok
  3. 03

    She hands you the swap

    Something to do with the freed-up hour.

    Putting the phone down only sticks if there’s a replacement. She lines one up: the walk, the book, the friend you keep meaning to call. The scroll loses to a plan.

    ok i’m down but i’ll just pick it back up
    That’s why there’s a swap. It’s 9pm, want the 20-minute walk or the friend you said you’d call back? I’ll text Dario for you if it’s the call.
    the walk
  4. 04

    Your week, looked up

    The hours you got back.

    Friday she sends the week: nights off the phone, hours not scrolled, the things you did instead. Proof the feed isn’t running you anymore.

    Week recap: 6 nights off by 10, about 7 hours not scrolled, 4 walks, 1 friend called back.
    i feel like a person again
    Same curfew next week?
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