I miss when being unavailable was normal.

Now, if you don’t answer a text for two hours, people wonder what’s wrong. They can see that you read the message, that you were online, or that you posted something somewhere else.

Sometimes nothing is wrong.

Sometimes I just don’t feel like talking.

Having a phone in my hand doesn’t mean everyone has unlimited access to my time. I shouldn’t have to explain why I didn’t answer immediately.

Maybe one of the healthiest things we can do in 2026 is become a little less available.

Not because we don’t care about people.

Because we need some parts of our lives where nobody is waiting for a reply.