DIGITAL DETOX: SIGNS PEOPLE SHOW WHEN TAKING A BREAK FROM TECHNOLOGY
In a world constantly buzzing with notifications, pings, and screen glows, silence can feel almost radical. Yet increasingly, there are moments—subtle, often unannounced—when people decide to step away from the digital current. No dramatic declarations, no grand statements about “quitting social media forever,” but a quiet pulling back. A kind of digital detox, not always named, but deeply felt. You can often sense it in small behavioral shifts. Someone who used to reply instantly now takes hours—or days. A familiar face vanishes from your Instagram stories. The green dot on messaging apps disappears, not replaced by a goodbye post, but by absence. When asked, they might simply say, “Just needed a break,” or “I’ve been trying to be offline more.” It’s rarely dramatic. The detox begins with a whisper, not a shout. In cafes and parks, their phones are facedown or left behind entirely. They look up more often, not because the scenery is new, but because they’ve given themselves ...