5 ways to Unplug on wknds
Summer’s over, how about a tech detox? the wkndr provides you with 5 easy steps to tossing your smartphone, tablet, laptop and other buzzing devices into a box, locking it with a combination lock, forgetting the combination and sticking that box to the farthest corner of your closet. Ready?
Put your phone on silent, permanently: Get rid of your email: Your inbox should have an option to send out an automated message if you are and will be unable to reply to messages over a period of time. Let’s activate that option. This prevents you being labeled as that friend or associate who ignores everyone.
Not vibrate, silent. Turn off all notifications, updates, alerts, reminders. Flushing your phone down the toilet does all that for you - in case you needed an alternative method. process a lot easier.
Become a full-time, certified hermit: You might need to write down a number of excuses to tell your friends whenever they ask you to go out. To really unplug and relax - you will need to give up clubbing and the fast life for just a couple of days. Warning: don’t exceed 5 days, else you might forget the ways of life and turn into a pale, schizophrenic creature obsessed with finding a ring.
Enjoy the good life!: Followed all the steps? Now that you are unplugged, enjoy a free, unwired life.
Steer far from all social media: Deactivate your accounts on all social sites - yes, Instagram too. Disable all syncing, automatic updates, buffers, everything! Why don’t you just go ahead and move into a cave? It’ll makes this process a lot easier.