Day 1: Why Your Phone Is Stealing Your Soul Welcome to Digital Detox. This is Day 1 of a 30-day playbook to break the screen grip and reclaim your life. Let's start with the hard truth: Your phone is not neutral. It’s engineered to steal your attention, hijack your dopamine, and keep you scrolling long after you want to stop. Every notification? A tiny dopamine hit. Every like, comment, video? Another hit. Over time, your brain rewires to crave those hits more than real life—conversations, creativity, presence. The result? Constant anxiety Shattered focus Feeling "never enough" Disconnection from yourself and others I’ve been there. Waking up checking notifications before my eyes were fully open. Losing hours to mindless scrolling. Feeling empty even when "connected" to hundreds of people. This stream isn’t about quitting tech forever. It’s about taking back control. Today’s challenge is simple but powerful: