I love all the references in this post, and I love the bit at the end about intentional context-switching. We last ran into each other at a games store, where I spent five hours playing Magic (I know I am very lucky to be able to do that with any given Sunday). I spent those five hours technically, on my phone -- looking up Sealed strategies at the beginning, running my life counter app for the rest of the time -- but in a very different mode than I usually engage with my phone. It felt really, really good. I don't remember being quite so refreshed in a while as I was that evening, realizing my brain had just taken a massive break from multitasking and context switching. I think there is something very much about a little bit of orthopraxia, as a treat.
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I love all the references in this post, and I love the bit at the end about intentional context-switching. We last ran into each other at a games store, where I spent five hours playing Magic (I know I am very lucky to be able to do that with any given Sunday). I spent those five hours technically, on my phone -- looking up Sealed strategies at the beginning, running my life counter app for the rest of the time -- but in a very different mode than I usually engage with my phone. It felt really, really good. I don't remember being quite so refreshed in a while as I was that evening, realizing my brain had just taken a massive break from multitasking and context switching. I think there is something very much about a little bit of orthopraxia, as a treat.