weekly retro #73: frequent stops

this past week was a test for how bad i really want to be off my phone, and the answer is very bad. it's a tough habit to kick though, requiring intentional moves like deleting apps and logging off of web pages, keeping the phone further from me than other things i could fidget with my hands and eyes, and simply going outside. in an algorithmic world, making intentional moves is really hard. i started reading mona's eyes, a book i've had on my shelf for several months and am glad i found my way back to. i'm only about halfway through but it reminds me of my grandma taking me to coney island all the time and us lying about it because my dad's second wife said she was not allowed to bring me there - to her credit, nyc was very different in the 80s and early 90s, nonetheless my grandma would never let anyone tell her what to do or not to do. i'm very much her granddaughter in that sense. she also taught me how to window shop, people watch, and stop to look at and question things. it's…