One week a year we do a summer family vacation with my kids. I make a habit of turning off my phone and leaving it off the whole week. (I check email once a day for 5 min in am to ensure nothing urgent is going on at work, but it never has because i tell people this is an electronic week free for me).
Doing this makes it singlehandedly the best week of every year. No twitch to grab my phone or distractions, but being present in the moment with my wife and kids
This is amazing. I've never done this and admittedly rarely "turn off" when we're on vacation. I'm going to use this as inspiration to try it sometime.
Do it! After 5 years, I learned its less about fully turning off from work (if you need to spend an hour one day on the computer, its ok) and more about unplugging from the internet and your phone. Turn off the phone, put it away, all day long for a week. Never pull it out or touch it.
The first morning you honestly feel like you are in withdrawal but after that it feels like freedom
One week a year we do a summer family vacation with my kids. I make a habit of turning off my phone and leaving it off the whole week. (I check email once a day for 5 min in am to ensure nothing urgent is going on at work, but it never has because i tell people this is an electronic week free for me).
Doing this makes it singlehandedly the best week of every year. No twitch to grab my phone or distractions, but being present in the moment with my wife and kids
This is amazing. I've never done this and admittedly rarely "turn off" when we're on vacation. I'm going to use this as inspiration to try it sometime.
Do it! After 5 years, I learned its less about fully turning off from work (if you need to spend an hour one day on the computer, its ok) and more about unplugging from the internet and your phone. Turn off the phone, put it away, all day long for a week. Never pull it out or touch it.
The first morning you honestly feel like you are in withdrawal but after that it feels like freedom
there should be restaurants, bars, & cafes that ban phones.
Precisely - easy way to differentiate your experience and attract like minded people…