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nyaho, it's hiki

i knew this day would come eventually, but i didn't realise it would be this soon!! lately my eyes have been feeling incredibly strained. text has become super blurry at the edges and i've been needing more and more to turn up the brightness on my laptop... 

guess it's official - i am old

... which makes this the perfect time to transition to a flip phone right?

so say hello to my new daily driver, the samsung folder 2!

well, new is an understatement - i bought this at the beginning of the year when news about gen z buying flip phones on tiktok spilled over into twitter. 

it took me about a month to commit to a black one (stickers look better on white) and then another few months to stop charging this phone altogether because goddamn carrying more than one phone was a nightmare
and the urge to bite through my internet cables like a hamster has been dormant - that is, until 2 weeks ago.

my combined screen time was at an all time high (16h), and not just my eyes... but my shoulders and back!! oh my god!! they hurt like a ████████!!!!! 

so last weekend while my family was out of the house and i was left to my own devices, i decided to test drive having just the folder 2 as my main phone.

i can't even describe how nice it was to just. go to the dentist and to karaoke and not have to worry too much about catching the next notif  or obsessively finding the perfect song  to add to my playlist when i was bored in the car.
and since all my banking apps worked with the folder 2, i could live like a regular person - just, maybe, holding up the line a little bit more but sucks for other people ig.

and that's the real point of all this i guess. not to worry too much about being present and attentive to things that feel urgent but aren't. too long have i been a slave to the funny little vibrations in my pocket! it lowkey gave me sooo much stress, and may (read: definitely) have been making my adhd worse  
now i realise, if my mom needs me, she can just call me - and unlike my pixel 7 pro, this one actually gives me notifications lmao.

by the way, in my bag that weekend was:

• samsung folder 2
• pixel 7 pro (backup phone that was off, but there in case shit hit the fan)
• ipod nano gen 6
• power bank (10k mAh)
• lipstick, hairbrush
• pen + notebook
• wallet
• wired earphones

all that to say - i had a great weekend with my grandparents and my friends, and i really enjoyed disconnecting from society. 
maybe this is the key to not burning out every few months from my idol activities...?

i'm really excited to see what my life will be like daily driving a flip phone - maybe i can update you guys too! in case you have any questions or something. and also to show you my screen time after! maybe? hehe.

also, i may have made a related impulse purchase... tell you about it next time! comment with purple hearts if you've made it this far! i'll leave you guys with some photos from this weekend. but otherwise, hiki out.