@celia16 Brooks is an opinion writer at the Times that I have respect for but why this piece where he is telling us that to have time to find meaning we need to get rid of the constant itch to look at our phones? Is not backwards -- that to find meaning , which is the Most important part of our lives, one need to carve out time first and foremost?

Yes we as a society -- especially the younger ones -- we spend too much time time on phones. But the reason for this is that our lives are so lacking of anything more interesting than the possibility of Anything on the phone. In other words, our lives are Already devoid of what we Want to do with our lives. It is This life-condition that makes us prey to seeking fleeting escape from the uninteresting lives we are living.

The solution to stay out of our phones is therefore Not to keep off the phones but to Make our lives More Interesting WITHOUT phones. And that requires making use of our innate qualities such as letting our curiosity and playfulness be our guiding aids to steer our lives.
Be open to the life first with curiosity, Socially engaging friendships, playful pursuits, and wonder and need for phone-twitch will die on its own. what do u say?