Week 4 of the February Phone Breakup Challenge
How to better curate your digital life
Friends: Welcome to Week 4 of the February Phone Breakup Challenge. It’s the final week of our challenge and I’m so glad you’re here.
As a reminder, The February Phone Breakup Challenge is your opportunity to do the 30-day plan in How to Break Up With Your Phone with other people (and me!). Paid subscribers get access to a private support group chat where we’ve been sharing experiences and offering each other support.
Congratulations to Those of You Who Did The Trial Separation!
Last weekend was a big one for the Phone Breakup Challenge: from Friday to Saturday nights, many people took me up on the challenge of taking a full 24-hour break from their phones. (I know: they are very brave!) I’m extremely happy to report that for many of them, the experience was as wonderful as I’d hoped it would be. Here are a few anonymous snippets of people’s reflections, which made me very happy to read:
I haven’t been able to write a song in months, which I had blamed on being a busy parent. But during the phone fast, lyric and melody ideas started to bubble up to the surface.
It really wasn't that hard - in fact, the main feeling I noticed was relief.
On Sunday morning . . . I just sat outside and drank my coffee. And noticed that there were so many different birds chirping. I NEVER ever ever just sit down outside and do nothing. Why not?
In general, this whole challenge has been a practice in weaning myself from social media and mindlessly checking my phone, and it might just be working!
Bonus points if anyone dream-journaled. (Photo by Haley Powers on Unsplash)
Intrigued? Suffering from FOMO? Don’t worry: you could try your own Trial Separation/Digital Sabbath this coming weekend.