One Bar Prison [work] -

Here’s a helpful review of One Bar Prison (assuming you’re referring to the novel by Andrew Diamond—if not, let me know and I’ll adjust):

Use the time you would spend ruminating—the five hours of analyzing their last vague text—to build your own signal strength. Go to the gym. Call a friend who gives you five bars. Work on a hobby you abandoned. The moment you stop monitoring their signal and start broadcasting your own, the prison walls crack. One Bar Prison