One way to reduce phone addiction is to keep a poem handy in a notes file. Every time you’re tempted to open your phone, start with that poem. It turns out that memorizing long poems focuses your thoughts in a very noticeable way. Select well, and you’re memorizing the best writing on earth – like Marc Antony reacting to Caesar’s murder.
After starting with Macbeth’s Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow (raw cynicism), I moved to Marcus Antony’s speech at the death of Caesar, which I’m still working on. Words are code and these words are POWERFUL. Antony seethes with malice, making it abundantly clear he’s going to deliver payback in full – without ever saying it outright.
Speaking of which, you can watch one of the greatest film actors to ever live (Marlon Brando) acting these lines, written by one of the greatest writers to ever live (Shakespeare) and you can do it from your couch. What a time to be alive.
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