You’ve likely read several articles about how to cleanse your body after a holiday season of excess. Many of us wake up on January 1st vowing to do better and to detox our body with green juices and set good intentions.
January: Avoid your phone for 30 mins (minimum) after waking up.
Normally I'm good at this one, but I can certainly slide when I am eagerly awaiting an email. This will allow time for meditating, slowly greeting the day and resetting creativity.February: Phone off, conversation on.
Turn off your phone off as soon as you meet the person you're going to spend time with.March: Turn your phone off for at least one day this month.
Make it a stretch goal to turn your phone off one day each week. I may have to warn my mother about this!April: Set a social media timer & a goal.
Spend 45 minutes a day on social media, tops. We are all about the stats these days and I don’t want to end my year realizing I have spent more time on Facebook then I have seeing my friends. I will not let Facebook win.May: Take one full day off social media.
Once a month or once a week - whatever you can manage. I’ll use the bonus time to talk to friends I miss and make plans to laugh with them more often. Real laughter trumps LOL-ing any day of the week.June: Turn off push notifications.
I turned off the sounds of my phone last year and never looked back. I didn’t need to be a Pavlovian dog salivating every time a text came through. I can add to this by turning off email notifications so that I don’t stop what I am doing just because Amazon is letting me know my package is delivered. I figure the drones have it covered.July: Let your phone die, and take a breath.
If and when my phone runs out of juice, I will not freak out. I will use the time to be more present.August: Unsubscribe like a boss.
No more email lists that take a good minute to delete every day. I want that minute back!September: Unfollow and unfriend.
Let’s get ruthless here. Not everyone on Facebook is a real friend. Unfollow the people who you don’t count as a friend and the social media accounts whose posts don’t contribute to your life in a positive way.October: Delete & clean out.
Get rid of the apps on my phone that no longer serve me. Be honest, do you need an app for that?November: Keep vacations social without social media.
When on vacation, just be on vacation. My friends will hear about it and my “friends” don’t need another #nofilter travelgram.December: Banish your phone from the bedroom.
Dust off that old alarm clock and relocate your phone to charge overnight in the kitchen. No more temptation to scroll Instagram before bed = better sleeps! Who’s with me? Hopefully this digital detox will one day lead to something like saying something as shocking as: “Hello” to a stranger. (Adele was really onto something.)Would you like to be the first to hear about our new products and more? Sign up for our Nature’s Path Newsletter.