Sitting on my bed, I squint to loop a needle around the fluffy, green yarn wrapped around my hand. As I crochet the leaves of a miniature plant, my phone lights up with a notification from Instagram: You have one new message. I wince as the notification has broken my concentration from crocheting but continue to stitch anyway. Instagram will have to wait, I’ll check later. Three weeks before picking up a crochet hook and some yarn, I would’ve immediately gotten on my phone and fallen into an hour-long doom scroll on Instagram. Not only would I have completely lost my motivation to continue crocheting, but I would’ve yet again surrendered all my time to my phone. To read more, click the link in bio. #storybysophiabrockmeier #photobylylaweeks #photobymollyscott #pagedesignbyemmersonwinfrey #socialmediabysophiabrockmeier