Why I Traded My Smartphone for an Ax
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At 15, Caleb Silverberg made the most important decision of his life. He ditched technology and headed to the forest.
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During the pandemic, I became a slave to screens. Online classes were followed by scrolling Instagram or playing Fortnite for hours, ignoring hunger pangs while I immersed myself in a world of pixels.
My Saturdays were pretty grim: I’d wake up and drag myself to the couch where my Xbox had been waiting for me all night long. The closed shades blocked the…
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