This Analog Life

When boundaries aren't enough to keep you from picking up your phone, you might need this.

Here's why you probably "just check" your phone 200+ times a day, even when you have better things to do. Or do you?

19 hrs ago • 

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November 2025

You don't need a flip phone. You need a philosophy.

These are the rules, boundaries, and guardrails that allow my smartphone to serve me instead of me serving it.

Nov 23 • 

Zack Arnold

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Algorithms are the new cigarettes. Is it possible to quit cold turkey?

Life on the other side of rage-induced doomscrolling? It's real. And it's spectacular.

Nov 16 • 

Zack Arnold

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June 2025

The only thing we can count on is that we can't count on anything.

Is it game over for creatives?

Jun 9 • 

Zack Arnold

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May 2025

Are we becoming Generation Xtinct?

We're too young to quit but too old to matter. That makes us dangerous.

May 12 • 

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20 questions to ask your mom on Mother's Day

This recorded conversation with my mom is one of my most treasured posessions.

May 5 • 

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April 2025

"Rich Relationships" is the book I wish I had written about networking

There is hope for introverts who HATE networking but crave meaningful connections with like-minded peers.

Apr 28 • 

Zack Arnold

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Procrastinating? You're not lazy. You're probably just afraid.

Why it took me six months to start something that took me fifteen minutes to finish (and how this essay exposed my darkest fear).

Apr 20 • 

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I wasn't afraid of losing my paycheck nearly as much as losing myself. (3 of 3)

Getting fired forced me to confront who I was without my career—and what it would cost me to keep going.

Apr 14 • 

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I sold my soul for a paycheck. It led me to my purpose instead. (2 of 3)

I took a shit deal because starting over felt more terrifying than being stuck. It led to the realization that changed everything.

Apr 7 • 

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March 2025

The existential crisis that destroyed me, then changed my life. (1 of 3)

I had finally achieved everything I ever dreamed of...but it wasn't the answer. And I was losing my family in the process.

Mar 29 • 

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January 2025

There is an alternative to trading your time for money

This simple value equation will completely transform your mindset about the value you bring to your creative work (and what people should pay you for it…

Jan 31 • 

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