Offline
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When was the last time you were offline?
Like, really offline. Not just signed out of Slack. Not Do Not Disturb. Not even airplane mode. I'm talking phone entirely off for a good 24 hours. Stay at home, with no internet, and no screens.
It's a forcing function for your mental health.
I challenge you to try it. Once a week, or once a month, or once a year. Some sort of schedule helps set the right expectations with friends and family.
Just think of all the things you could do with 24 hours of screen-free time.
- Write a letter
- Read a book
- Take a nap
- Play some music
- Write a song
- Do yoga
- Write a poem
- Memorise something
- Take a nap
- Draw a bath
- Make a cocktail
- Think deeply
- Journal
- Go for a walk
- Talk to your neighbours
- Bake a cake
- Light a candle
- Meditate
- Take a nap
- Play some boardgames
- Be intimate with your partner
- Paint
- Savour the flavour in a glass of wine
- Play hide and seek with your kids
- Spend time in the garden
- Take a nap
- Birdwatch
- Listen to a record all the way through
- Stargaze
- Sketch
- Swim
- Stretch!
- Cook a fancy date-night dinner
- Totem tennis
- Origami
- Practice a magic trick
- Sew
- Upcycle (DI-Why?)
- Roast marshmallows over a fire
- Dream up some travel plans
- Go backyard camping
- Take a nap
No news. No plans. No chores. Just time at home, dedicated especially to you.