Don't use your phone while you poop!

Your brain needs to offload just as badly as your butt does. I know it sounds boring to sit in there, alone, naked from the waist down, staring at the wall. But that's the point. Our hellish attention economy has produced a generation of anxious and overstimulated (and probably constipated) people. Quiet reflection is an "ancient technique" that we pencil into our schedules and even pay money for. But you can do it for free, and you don't even have to set a reminder. Just wait for that natural urge to come calling. Our bodies have given us a built-in biological hall pass to check out from the world for a few precious moments. We can hit the deck and commando crawl our way through the crossfire of 5G, wifi, and bluetooth signals to the only truly private1 place in our homes. That small, dedicated place to literally relieve yourself. Where you can sit alone and take a few minutes to ...exist. When we stop feeding our brains constant input, they can finally attend to the housekeeping of…