I'm a millennial who ditched my smartphone for a month. I made new friends and ended up keeping my flip phone.

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Maneesha Panja
Maneesha Panja, a 30-year-old tech product leader, swapped her smartphone for a flip phone. She hasn't switched back since.

Maneesha Panja

These Gen Z artists cracked the code to getting a stable paycheck: snail mail clubs

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Hands folding letters.
Gen Z artists have figured out how to lock in a stable stream of income: snail mail clubs.

Kiki Klassen

AI was eroding trust in my classroom — so I got rid of typed papers and bought my students notebooks instead

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Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer poses for camera against grey backdrop
Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer believes writing with hand is something everyone should practice.

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My husband and I started doing adult paint-by-numbers to get off our phones. The hobby's benefited us more than we expected.

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My husband and I have been working on paint-by-numbers together to stay off of our phones.

Tawnya Gibson

I'm a Gen Z who ditched my smartphone alarm for a $16 clock, and it completely changed my mornings

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Roya Shahidi poses with analog alarm clock in bedroom
I was sick of wasting my time on my phone in the mornings. So I got an alarm clock.

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Tired of doomscrolling? It's time to start using an 'analog bag.'

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An analog bag
Analog bags are all the rage on TikTok.

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