CTL-VIII-0011
“I've been using my phone as an escape and I want to stop.”
Escape is a redirect — but in the wrong direction. It moves you away from discomfort without resolving it. The real redirect is toward whatever you're avoiding: the thought, the task, the feeling you're trying to outrun.
Your Practice
Put the phone in another room for one hour today. No exceptions. Write down what surfaces without the escape hatch — that discomfort is what you've been avoiding. Face it. That's the actual work.
The Architects
“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.”
— Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack