The Offline Half Day

Four waking hours with no screen at all

Modern necessity, ancient default

Four consecutive waking hours with every screen off and out of reach. Fill it with anything analogue: cooking, walking, making, talking, nothing. The first hour itches. The remaining three are where you remember what your own attention feels like at full strength.

1. 1Pick a four hour block and tell anyone who needs to know
2. 2All screens off, phone in a drawer
3. 3Have one analogue plan ready for the first hour
4. 4Let the rest be unplanned