“If you give up your mobile phone, friends will complain and some will never call you—they might email more. There will be times when loneliness strikes and boredom will sink in. In this moment, you may learn to read again. You’ll go for a walk, or attempt to play an instrument you haven’t touched in years. Sooner rather than later, you will grow used to being disconnected. On public transport, observation will become your pastime. You will feel like an outsider: people on their phones will begin to look like another species, and you will be a foreigner in their land.”

—From ‘Out of Service: Lessons on Becoming Phone Free’