Screen Rant

17 Apr 2026 - William Rossignol

This is an excerpt from my Notes app. I think I was just doomscrolling on Instagram and got really frustrated with myself and the platforms that keep us addicted to our phones.

“Stop doing these three things”

“Five meals you need to make”

“Four places you have to visit”

I’m tired of hearing about everything

Stop giving me recommendations,

Just so I stay on your platform

Let me experience my life

Let me figure out what’s good and what’s bad

I’m living through a screen

My work happens sat at a desk in front of a screen

I talk to my coworkers through my screen

The people that I’ve met, I keep up with them through the screen

Sometimes we never cross paths again

But everyday on the screen, I see what they’re up to

They don’t even know I see them

My closest friends, the ones close and far

I talk to, often through a screen

Seeing them in person is an occasion

My leisure time is done through bigger screens

A movie, some content, couple of games

All consumed through a screen

I don’t know any better

It’s what I’m used to

It’s what’s easy

This piece of glass has taken so much from me

The same piece of glass on which I’m typing this on

I’ve been robbed

And I’ve kept on giving to this thief

And they’ve taken everything from me

I don’t know who I am