Archive - Phone Free Will

I’ve Spent Eighty Hours In Silence And Now I See Dead People

What happened when cave people got their first phones

Mar 24 • Phone Free Will

Trying To Be A Better Person At 10pm

Training the mind is a daytime job. So if evening free time means telly, don't feel bad.

Mar 17 • Phone Free Will

Why I Stopped Listening To Podcasts

Silence is scary - until you can turn it into your Dreamworld

Mar 10 • Phone Free Will

4000 Sundays: When Work Worries Ate the Weekend

Phone use creates Sunday Scaries. Who knew?

Mar 3 • Phone Free Will

February 2026

Phone Free Training Manual: Four Weeks To Unfog Your Mind

Science and the world's contemplative traditions both agree - the phone worsens an itch you can never fully scratch

Feb 24 • Phone Free Will

Phone Free Manifesto: The Month That Changed My Life

The definitive guide to what on earth is going on here, and the science behind it. It's time for Ask A High Vis Idiot.

Feb 17 • Phone Free Will

Mind The Gap: How The Phone Wins The 30 Second Battles

The phone pours into every chapter break in family life - to plug those gaps, try something radical.

Feb 10 • Phone Free Will

I Spent 30 Days Phone Free Commuting: Here's How It Changed Me

You feel great - but you must pay a terrible price

Feb 3 • Phone Free Will

January 2026

Other People’s Phones: Trillion Dollar War For Your Mind

How a 24/7 fight for my attention turned my focus to mush. And what I'm doing about it.

Jan 27 • Phone Free Will

Anti-Phone Training: The Jumble Method

Why training your mind to be present is a weapon against scrolling

Jan 23 • Phone Free Will

The Lonely Spaceman on the 9.17 to Waterloo

What I learnt about commuters (and myself) when I stopped looking at my screen

Jan 20 • Phone Free Will

Haunted By Clive: How To Stop Work Worry Following You Home

Going Phone Free on the commute home keeps office anxiety away from family life

Jan 15 • Phone Free Will

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