5 Magical Things That Happened When I Spent A Week Unplugged

And the peace that came from stepping away from my phone

We’ve got a problem.

At least, I do.

I think our current digital culture gets us in trouble when we start thinking about our phone as an object, something that’s alive, real, and has our best interest in mind, even when that’s certainly not the case.

It’s becoming something we’re “with” all of the time.

“Where we want to be cautious . . . is when the sound of a voice or a cup of coffee with a friend is replaced with ‘likes’ on a post.”― Holly Shakya, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

It’s like a needy partner, always wanting to slip into our conversations, asking what we’re doing, trying to get us to do something else than the pleasant thing that’s right in front of us.

This week, I decided to step away from my phone. I made the screen a black and white tone, disabled all of my notifications except for texts…