The Call I Almost Missed: 365 Days Without a Cell Phone and What It Taught Me About Love, Presence, and the Lies We Live

Tommy Short never missed a call. But he almost missed himself.

In 2023, Tommy Short, keynote speaker and author, gave up his phone for a year.

He discovered that he wasn't just addicted to the device; he was addicted to the identity it allowed him to curate. To being in control. To the dopamine drips of notifications and likes.

To the illusion that he was important.

Tommy thought losing his phone would be the hard part.

He was wrong.

Told through a series of intimate letters to his two young daug...