We don't need more rigid screen rules and detoxes from phones

• I realized while at the grocery store that I was lost in my phone, looking at things on my screen. • I was addicted to the escape from reality that my phone gave me. • We don't need more rigid rules or detoxes; just give ourselves permission to rest.

It hit me in the middle of a grocery store aisle in Los Angeles.

I was standing there, frozen in front of the shelves, phone in hand, scrolling through food lists that led to recipes that sucked me into the latest health trends. Ten minutes earlier, I'd come in for a bottle of almond milk. Now I was knee-deep in articles about the "five fruits to reverse aging" and a thread debating which pasture-raised vs organic eggs. My cart sat empty, my body stood still, but my thumb kept moving.

I didn't even notice how far I'd drifted until a s