had an insight into what I'm aiming for in terms of my relationship with technology

I call it living an "analog life"

it doesn't literally mean that the tech I use has to be analog

it means that I'm trying to return to as much of a pre-smartphone existence as possible

more thoughts on this later, but I'm curious how anyone else has tried for this in their own life?

@mimsical I switched to a flip phone recently, and the only things that I miss are navigation and easy texting. I have found myself gravitating towards stuff, like 35 mm film over digital, tangible books over e-books, and embracing actual phone calls, as long as it’s not a telemarketer.
I still use my old S9 at home on Wi-Fi mostly for things like mastodon.