How Do We Get Away From Our Cell Phones?

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Young people feel it more strongly, the need to check our phones for a text or a messageor. And i wanted to challenge you on this because, ah, i think we're a little bit torn. I know that my life is better when i tal to my wife without thinking about my phone. Weve got this compulsive need to be distracted, to be entertained, to avoid moments of solitude,. as supposed to lneliness, solitude, being alone with ourselves in a good way.

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