Oh I love this and had no idea it existed! We are doing a digital fast right now, but not a cold turkey sort of thing. I love the idea of spending this 24 hours completely unplugged -- and then maybe doing that once a week for the rest of our 40 days.
Hmm, I bought a landline a few months ago and decided not to set it up. This makes me reconsider. We're a military family and things change abruptly at times so I couldn't unplug without another form of backup communication. Maybe I'll set it up and start unplugging over time.
I use mine for many things, too, but the key is to keep that healthy respect for the device as a tool, not a toy, and to avoid the superfluous and entertainment-based uses.
I think I will leave my phone on the kitchen counter for the day, so it is on for phone calls, but nothing else. We are going to a new neighbor's house for dinner that night, so here's to real conversation and getting together!
I decided to give this a try and other than doing maybe three checks because my phone was in another room and I wasn't sure if my daughter was texting me, I didn't touch it at all. And the day seemed much longer - meaning that time didn't just fly by without me noticing - and I felt like I got more done too. We have an Oona landline too which we almost never use but we had to call our son and I said let's use that instead of a cell which might drop the call (it's happened before) and it worked great. I popped into our local bookshop and was trying to remember the author of a book I was looking for and decided instead of grabbing my phone and searching, I would wait until later to figure it out. I'm going to try and implement this more often. I find it almost depressing how glued to their phones everyone is and what is everyone looking at anyway?
Dumb phone is en route within next few hours, and by chance, had a notification for this article. I’ve thought a lot about unplugging, and talked a lot about it too, and I’ve cut back here and there. Wish me luck. I want to practice being present for those around me, and I want to set a good example for children, who will look to us for how to be in this world. It pains me to see kids glued to screens but I realise that I do exactly the same thing. So I need to quit being a hypocrite and start living out my convictions.
Oh I love this and had no idea it existed! We are doing a digital fast right now, but not a cold turkey sort of thing. I love the idea of spending this 24 hours completely unplugged -- and then maybe doing that once a week for the rest of our 40 days.
Hmm, I bought a landline a few months ago and decided not to set it up. This makes me reconsider. We're a military family and things change abruptly at times so I couldn't unplug without another form of backup communication. Maybe I'll set it up and start unplugging over time.
A landline is what Tiffany Shlain recommends in her book, "24/6." It definitely makes it easier to turn off a cell, knowing there's a backup.
Sounds like a great idea to me! I'm pondering daily how much I can/should back off from digital reliance. I just use it for so much. :(
I use mine for many things, too, but the key is to keep that healthy respect for the device as a tool, not a toy, and to avoid the superfluous and entertainment-based uses.
I think I will leave my phone on the kitchen counter for the day, so it is on for phone calls, but nothing else. We are going to a new neighbor's house for dinner that night, so here's to real conversation and getting together!
That sounds like fun! We're big dinner-party people, and it's always such a great chance to get off phones and to engage with real conversations.
I decided to give this a try and other than doing maybe three checks because my phone was in another room and I wasn't sure if my daughter was texting me, I didn't touch it at all. And the day seemed much longer - meaning that time didn't just fly by without me noticing - and I felt like I got more done too. We have an Oona landline too which we almost never use but we had to call our son and I said let's use that instead of a cell which might drop the call (it's happened before) and it worked great. I popped into our local bookshop and was trying to remember the author of a book I was looking for and decided instead of grabbing my phone and searching, I would wait until later to figure it out. I'm going to try and implement this more often. I find it almost depressing how glued to their phones everyone is and what is everyone looking at anyway?
Dumb phone is en route within next few hours, and by chance, had a notification for this article. I’ve thought a lot about unplugging, and talked a lot about it too, and I’ve cut back here and there. Wish me luck. I want to practice being present for those around me, and I want to set a good example for children, who will look to us for how to be in this world. It pains me to see kids glued to screens but I realise that I do exactly the same thing. So I need to quit being a hypocrite and start living out my convictions.
That's exciting, and I wish you luck!!