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As a teen I had >300 good friends phone numbers in my phones contacts. I was constantly turning people down who wanted to do activities / hang out, because I didn't have time to maintain that many friends. It felt really bad and stressful, especially when they tried to persuade me and it was just impossible to spend time with them. At some point I just had to power down my phone and never powered it up again. Improved my life a lot.
Decades later, I have a new phone number and phone now, but my contacts are few and I keep the number secret.