How to arrange a digital detox and do not go crazy

Go offline, along with close

Ask family, friends or neighbors in the apartment on the time to abandon the use of the Internet and devices with you. If you arrange your digital detox, but will be constantly surrounded by people who do not come off from laptops and smartphones, you are likely to quickly frustrate and fail.

Tell someone you know about the benefits of respite care in offline: the people who use the internet too much, more likely to suffer from psychological problems and bad enough sleep.

Warn others about your plans

To avoid misunderstanding, let those who may attempt to contact you via the Internet, you leave for a while offline.

If you are afraid to miss an important message from someone from the family, pre-warn them how you can be contacted in case of emergency. Or ask someone who will always be near you, to keep you informed of significant events.

Consider incentives

Arrange with your friends about what punishment awaits you, if you can not stick for offline maintenance plan. For example, uslovtes that for every minutes spent by you on the Internet, you will pay someone from the family for $ 100.

Think and positive incentives abandon devices. Spend an afternoon at the spa, or go to the theater for the staging, which has long wanted to see, rather than spend the same time in social networks.

Start small

Immediately withdraw completely may be difficult to offline. Start with small restrictions.

For example, to check your mail no more than twice a day and limit the use of social networks and instant messengers to 5 minutes every two hours. First, leave the charging of a laptop and a smartphone at home, and only then force yourself to go out at all without the devices.