Unplug from electronics for 30 minutes.

“I didn’t read one word I didn’t want to all weekend. (No bad news, no negative comments on social media…nothing) The only time I spent in front of a screen was shared time with my husband watching something entertaining together. (My family knew to contact me through my husband in case anything urgent came up.) I read from a physical book with pages I had to turn. I finally tried out this mindful colouring book thing. I got a lot accomplished. We ate out for dinner and I didn’t look at my phone once. We were separated in a shopping centre and I just read my book until my husband found me at our agreed meeting spot (just like in the 1980’s) It’s fair to say I was in a good, and uninterrupted, mood all weekend.”

“I thought I put the phone down, then went on a cruise and completely unplugged. It felt good. I was calmer, more patient, and happier (and not just because of vacation). On excursions, I wanted to take a picture and realized my phone was buried in the bottom of my beach bag and hadn't been touched all day. While on the ship, my phone stayed in the room. 7 days completely unplugged. The 1st week home, I used my phone very little. Then use crept back...time to unplug again.”