The app for independent voices

I love this so much. When I first wrote about my experience of 'chaining my phone to a wall,' the most popular comment was: where can I buy this chain? That moment really stayed with me — why must every lifestlye choice come with a starter kit? It's so rewarding to see how everyone's approaching this low-tech lifestyle: DIY laptops, reviving old phones... I especially love that the low-tech life "isn't an investment you're pressured to continue" but a habit you came to love. There's such an impulse to purchase a new personality at the beginning of each year (that's swiftly abandoned), its important we treasure the lifestyle changes that creep us on us slowly, then all at once.

tbh, for me the staying power of being low-tech is the fact that i’ve spent very little money on this habit so far. the ipod shuffle i have is my mom’s, which she kept in a box in her office once she stopped using it, and gave it to me over christmas this year. my kindle was a gift. from when i was in middle school. it still works, it’s …

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