Coaching practices for What to Do If Your Camera is Not Working on Zoom

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• I pull out my phone to grab one photo at a dinner or a kid’s recital, and the next thing I know I’ve drifted into messages while the moment I wanted to capture is happening right in front of me without me.
• I experience the whole concert, the dinner, the trip from behind my phone screen trying to capture it
• This one problem has swallowed my whole field of vision
• After hours locked on the screen my eyes feel dry, gritty, and strained, the text starts to blur, and a headache creeps in behind them
• This one thing has swallowed my whole field of view

Practices that may help

1. Use a dedicated camera for photography instead of a phone
   A point-and-shoot camera keeps photography intentional and keeps the phone out of social environments.
   Single-Purpose Devices
2. Use the photo paradox: photograph selectively or not at all
   Decide before an experience whether you’re there to photograph it or live it — trying to do both usually produces neither well.
   Savoring the Moment, Made Practical
3. The view from above
   Zoom out — picture your situation from high above, in the scale of the city, the world, and time.
   Stoicism, as a Set of Practices
4. 20-20-20 eye break
   Every 20 minutes, look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds to relieve the ciliary muscle fatigue that causes digital eye strain.
   Posture Resets: Breaking the Desk-Posture Cycle
5. The spatial zoom-out
   Mentally lift yourself out of the room and rise until you see the whole world spread below you.
   The View from Above
6. Return from proportion to action
   Close every zoom-out with one proportionate next move — perspective is a tool, not a destination.
   The View from Above
7. Apply the view to interrupt anger
   In the moment of anger, use the zoom-out as a circuit breaker before you speak or act.
   The View from Above
8. Fill the void with a prepared analog activity
   Pre-plan a physical or social activity for sabbath time so boredom doesn’t pull you back to the screen.
   The Digital Sabbath
9. Leave the phone in your pocket (or at home)
   Resist the impulse to document, share, or search during the date — receiving requires undivided attention.
   The Artist Date, Made Practical
10. Reverse the problem to break fixation
    Ask the opposite question ("How could we make this worse?") to escape the constraints of the original framing.
    Problem Reframing: Solving the Right Problem First

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