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Hi and welcome back to Monocycle, a podcast by Manrepeller hosted by Leander Medine.

It is the first week of November, and as such, this episode makes the most sense to dedicate to our theme of the month.

I don't know if you're aware of this, but every month on Manrepeller, we have a dedicated theme,

and the content of the month

falls in line with whatever that theme was. This month in November, we're talking about

consumption. I don't know if you know how I record these episodes, but essentially what I do

is record a voice note on my iPhone

into this tiny little sound booth that is full of little styrofoam triangles that are like

glued to the box. It's so small, it just about fits my head and I dunk it in and I talk into

the iPhone. But I noticed today as I was

gearing up to start recording that every time I accessed my phone, instead of going to the

voice notes, I would first go to Instagram, scroll like two or three times, realize that's

not what I intended to do when I got my phone, and then X out, check my email, write a note, and then

open my phone again. This happened like three times, which delayed the process of my beginning

to record. And it wasn't deliberate, which scares the hell out of me. And the reason I think

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