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In a world wired for breaking news and dopamine scrolling, writer and dad-of-two, Jason Bartz, did the unthinkable- he ditched his smartphone for a dumb phone. Not as a gimmick, but as a line in the sand — for his time, his kids, and his sanity.

Jason takes us into the raw aftermath of stepping off the digital treadmill: the awkward boredom, the unexpected quiet, and the intense way the world starts to show up again — on a run, at the dinner table, in the small, ordinary moments with his kids. He brings us into a bare-bones world where film cameras slow your pulse, fewer choices open more space, and presence stops being a luxury.

We also get into the hard stuff: data mining, kids’ apps, and how to model balance in a culture that  pushes “more screen, more now.

If you’ve ever looked up from your screen and thought, “I need a reset” this conversation is your nudge to try something different.

(( Whoa! It must be in the air- Ryan Holiday, of the daily Stoic, did a podcast episode with NY Times, bestselling author, Sebastian Unger called: "Log Off Now." "Sebastian talks about why he refuses to get a smartphone, how technology gives us the illusion of control..."   Check it out: https://dailystoic.com/youre-addicted-to-the-illusion-of-control-sebastian-junger-pt-1/

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