Between the Lines

I want paper back in my life. I want to stop the scrolling. I want to distance myself—gently, purposefully—from the pull of social media.
So often, we reach the end of the day with a sense of depletion.

Not just tiredness, but a deeper kind of fatigue—the kind that comes from too much noise, too many distractions, and not enough real presence. We tick off tasks and reply to messages, yet feel strangely unaccomplished, as if nothing truly meaningful happened.
We live in a world that celebrates speed.

The moment we open our eyes, the race begins: emails, errands, commitments, and the constant buzz of our phones. Our attention is scattered, hijacked by algorithms, and we’ve grown accustomed to living with one eye always on a screen.

Once, we used to chat with the person next to us in a café, or exchange a smile and a kind word while waiting in line. Now, we sit side by side, scrolling in silence, our minds absorbed in a world of reels, stories, gossip, and noise—most of it fleeting, much of it meaningless.
There’s a quiet richness in returning to paper. A book, held in your hands, says something about you. It invites conversation—a fellow commuter might ask about the title or comment on the author. A shared curiosity can spark connection, a small but enriching human exchange.

And what about magazines? They, too, deserve a revival. There’s something leisurely and grounding about flipping through pages that were carefully crafted—by writers, editors, illustrators, photographers. The design, the curation, the tactile pleasure of turning a page—these are acts of appreciation, of slowing down.

I want to rediscover the simple courtesies of everyday life: the warm hello to the barista, the spontaneous chat with someone in the park, the feeling of being with people, not next to them in digital isolation. I miss the world that wasn’t always in a rush, and I’m making space for it again.
So here’s to bringing back the paper. To real pages, real conversations, and a life lived with more intention—and less scrolling.