You delete the apps. You move the phone to another room. You pay with cash, read on paper, and leave the laptop closed after seven. For about nine days, it works beautifully. Then the attention finds somewhere else to go. You stopped scrolling and started reorganising the cupboards. You quit social media and lost three hours to streaming. You blocked the distracting sites and spent that time in work chat instead. The barriers held. Something still didn't quite work out. There