Nikki Reed

Nikki Reed Instagram – Last night I found an old cell phone hidden in a drawer. The first thought that popped into my brain was how unbelievably light I felt holding that tiny little phone- a phone with only a few apps installed and a screen so small it doesn’t suck you in. It took of all 5 seconds for me to realize how much I missed my tiny phone. These new heavy devices come with such a heavy addiction to all they have to offer. I opened the camera roll and noticed I only had about 150 videos on that phone, instead of the 4,000 I have now, because life wasn’t about documenting every single moment, it was about living. And when we were living, pre-mega-tech, we were lighter, just like our phones. In that moment I realized I am craving a tech DOWNGRADE. I don’t want to be sucked into a money making siphon telling me I need a bigger faster more capable device upgrade every two years, only to find myself staring down for longer and longer periods of time. I don’t want to “belong” to my phone. It’s easy to get lost in them, especially when work depends on it. Crazy thought, could work become… more efficient we had tech boundaries that forced us to set periods of time for work instead of working around the clock 24/7, using this little computer in our hands to update spreadsheets, Shopify, edit shoots, check the stock market, return emails, return texts, without any “stop time?” And then there’s the… scrolling. The ever present illusion that I’m educating myself because I’m watching videos about health, or growing food, or living off grid. It’s painful to reflect in this way. As with all things we as humans get addicted to, we find every reason why we “need this thing” to make it ok. But I know when we get quiet, most of us feel the same way. We miss life pre “such smart” phones. When quiet moments were filled with thought, when we touched pages of a book more than we typed on our phones, and when we didn’t escape from reality through distraction. Looks like I will be going back to my 3 fav words once again this year; the one’s I have had on repeat for quite some time. “Less”, “smaller”, “simpler”. Back to the OG phone I go…
Last photo/video from my tiny phone camera roll circa 2014…🤍 | Posted on 10/Mar/2025 19:18:32