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A Week Without Media Consumption

A reading, TV and social media ban: it was hellish, but I’ll do it again

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Tiffany Philippou
Sep 13, 2023
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In April, when I was still in the depths of my break-up grief, I wrote about the concept of priority seasons. Sometimes our priority seasons are chosen for us because we need to heal, and other times we get to choose. As my break-up fog lifted and I was ready to enter a new phase, my creativity needed my attention.

I was stuck. My body would slump when I…

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