I keep checking my phone as if a notification will solve my existential dread.
CYNIC
Oh sure, because a ping from your group chat about cat memes is definitely going to fill the void where your purpose should be. Keep staring at that screen, I'm sure the universe will finally text you back.
STOIC
You check the device not for news, but for a pause from the quiet unease within. The anxiety of being is not cured by signals; it is met by stillness and acceptance of the present moment.
ABSURD
Your phone is a glowing pebble you worship for a life-saver that never comes. Meanwhile, the existential dread wears a tiny hat and dances on your thumb, laughing as you refresh an empty inbox of oblivion.