07/12/2025
Turns out the universe has a very bold sense of humour… and a slightly extreme approach to behaviour change 😅📱. So about that doomscrolling till 11pm and asking for help to get off my phone? Well… the universe replied:
“NO PROBLEM, MARIELLE – LET ME JUST REMOVE THE PHONE.”
Yip. My phone got stolen.
Doomscrolling: cured ! I’m choosing to see it as a very loud, very clear reset button:
No phone = no late-night scrolling; No late-night scrolling = actual sleep; Actual sleep = one step closer to feeling like that bright, vibrant Raro butterfly again 🦋
It’s been inconvenient (understatement!), but there’s also been this strange sense of quiet in my brain without a little glowing rectangle glued to my hand.
So when the new phone arrives, I’m taking the hint and putting some serious boundaries in place:
1 No phone in the bedroom
2 Phone on Do Not Disturb mode by 9:00pm
3 Real rest > fake rest (aka “just one more reel”)
Clearly I ignored the gentle whispers… so the universe sent a megaphone. Message received. 📵🙋♀️