Plan a no-media day. No, it doesn’t have to be today, but today, I want you to select a day that works for you to go a full 24 hours without any screens.

Do whatever you must to prepare, and go to any lengths necessary to ensure your plan is foolproof. If you cannot go a day without needing to make a receive a phone call, buy a flip phone from your local convenience store to use on your No Media Day. If maintaining engagement on Social Media is necessary for your life – for example, if it’s required for your job – schedule posts for that day ahead of time, the notifications can wait until the day is over. If you’re easily tempted, or if you’re worried about mindlessly falling into habit, cover your TVs and monitors with sheets or towels the night before. Before sleeping the day prior, charge your phone in a room you seldom visit and close the door behind you. Tell friends and family who you’re in frequent contact with that might worry if you fail to reply to them about your plan in advance.

Whatever you need to do to ensure your success in going a full day without screens, do it. 

It’s one day – it’s achievable and you are capable.

Find out what you do with your time when you don’t have your phone to scroll through, your television to zone out on, your tablet to play mindless games on, or your laptop as space fillers. Find out what happens when you’re not distracted, or how you problem-solve or find answers when they’re not so easily at your disposal. See what happens when you don’t have your phone as a convenient time-passer. 

Find out what you engage in when you become bored, what you create when your impulses are unreachable, what you think about when you give yourself the time…

It’s just one day.

 

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