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Screen-free month challenges: people quit their smart devices for a month and say 'I got my life back'. But is a one-month break a solution, or just a breathing pause inside an unsustainable system?
— internet discourse
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Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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