The morning the notification disappeared, the light came in first. | The first thing that came in the morning after the notification disappeared was the light.

I didn't think I was dependent on my smartphone.

I was fine waking up in the morning without opening social media, and
I wasn't in an environment where I was rushed to reply.

So honestly,
the experiment of "turning off my smartphone for three days"
was something I thought of
as just a slightly unusual game.

For emergencies,
I would carry only the turned-off smartphone.

Other than that, I wouldn't touch it.

Having decided on that rule,
at 12:40 AM,
I closed the small black screen.

My first impression was
that it was surprisingly normal.

There is no anxiety.
I don't feel restless either.

If anything, it was
a bit quiet.

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Day 1

The next morning,
the first thing I touched wasn't my smartphone,
but the light coming through the curtains.

That was a little surprising.

Usually,
the routine of waking up → checking notifications → looking at information
starts
unconsciously.

But that morning,
the light from outside entered the room first.

I even ate breakfast,
with a little more care.

Not looking at social media,
didn't mean I had more time.

It was just that,
I had a sense of
not being rushed.

My nerves,
were quiet.

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Around the second day,
I noticed one thing.

Even without a smartphone,
life goes on just fine.

Of course,
there are inconveniences.

Password management.
LINE.
Operations that can only be done on a smartphone.

But,
"troublesome" and "impossible to function"
are a little different.

In fact,
by reducing unnecessary actions,
my concentration had increased.

The time spent writing no+e.
The feeling of turning toward creation.

My thoughts are no longer interrupted.

In the silence,
only time flowed by.

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The third night.

I thought it was about time I could turn the power back on.

But at the same time,
I also thought,
"It's okay if I don't turn it on yet."

That was
a little strange.

Since I started carrying a mobile phone,
this was the first time I had felt this way.

The presence of a smartphone
is significant, after all.

However,
I am not performing such important operations every day.

Even so,
I had been constantly connected to something.

What I turned off this time
was the power to my smartphone.

But perhaps what really stopped
was not the notifications,
but the noise in my head.