A Tagesspiegel author describes her ambivalent relationship with her smartphone, which she considers necessary but not a source of suffering, despite acknowledging dependency as life would be difficult without it. She claims not to be conventionally "phone-addicted" and rarely uses social media like TikTok or Instagram intensely, actively avoiding the "electric shocks in the brain" from such platforms. However, she recently saw an online advertisement and has now started paying money to be offline for a few hours. This decision, reported today at 2:13 PM, aims to counteract the widespread feeling of being "frayed" or scattered from constant news checking and endless scrolling, a common experience she identifies with.