One summer I worked the overnight shift. This meant I went into work at 10 p.m. and left around 8 a.m. Not only is it a taxing shift for the body and mind, it’s very isolating for a chatty social butterfly like me.

I became even more addicted to my cell phone.

I craved text messages and signs of life outside the mid-day walls of my apartment. I was very aware of my increased neediness and I told my friend Kim I was going into text message hiding for two days. I wasn’t going to send or receive, except in an emergency.

What did she do?
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