Sometimes it seems easier to escape into something routine, exciting, or new instead of addressing the issue.  Avoidance creates much stress and anxiety in the world today.   I was taken aback when I heard the statistic that over our lifetime, between 12-18 years of our lives are spent on our phones.  Although I see many advantages of technology, to me, hours of scrolling through unnecessary information seem to be an escape from being present, avoiding the unknown, the silence, or the discomfort of being present in the moment.    It might not be technology for all of us.  Some of…