DIGITAL DETOX 2024
Join The Vineyard Church in unplugging for 40 days and reconnecting in real ways!
The Digital Detox can be taken as a Full Digital Fast or Modified Digital Fast depending on your level of desire to unplug. Feel free to tweak our suggestions to suit you and your family.
FULL DIGITAL FAST
• Make your smartphone dumb. Move anything off your phone that you can do on your computer or laptop.
• Think about your apps in terms of “distraction” vs. “utility.” Ask yourself, “Is this distracting me (or supposed to distract me) or is this something useful?”
• Examples of distraction: email, social media, news apps, games, a web browser, video, and shopping apps
• Examples of utility: phone, text, calendar, airline apps, building/garage access, camera, weather
• Eliminate screens for personal use and enjoyment.
• Examples: gaming devices, streaming services, cable television, etc.
• Limit digital technology to work apps during work hours on your work devices. Commit to no work outside of work hours.
• Think about your apps in terms of “distraction” vs. “utility.” Ask yourself, “Is this distracting me (or supposed to distract me) or is this something useful?”
• Examples of distraction: email, social media, news apps, games, a web browser, video, and shopping apps
• Examples of utility: phone, text, calendar, airline apps, building/garage access, camera, weather
• Eliminate screens for personal use and enjoyment.
• Examples: gaming devices, streaming services, cable television, etc.
• Limit digital technology to work apps during work hours on your work devices. Commit to no work outside of work hours.
FULL DIGITAL FAST
• Make your smartphone dumb. Move anything off your phone that you can do on your computer or laptop.
• Think about your apps in terms of “distraction” vs. “utility.” Ask yourself, “Is this distracting me (or supposed to distract me) or is this something useful?”
• Examples of distraction: email, social media, news apps, games, a web browser, video, and shopping apps
• Examples of utility: phone, text, calendar, airline apps, building/garage access, camera, weather
• Eliminate screens for personal use and enjoyment.
• Examples: gaming devices, streaming services, cable television, etc.
• Limit digital technology to work apps during work hours on your work devices. Commit to no work outside of work hours.
• Think about your apps in terms of “distraction” vs. “utility.” Ask yourself, “Is this distracting me (or supposed to distract me) or is this something useful?”
• Examples of distraction: email, social media, news apps, games, a web browser, video, and shopping apps
• Examples of utility: phone, text, calendar, airline apps, building/garage access, camera, weather
• Eliminate screens for personal use and enjoyment.
• Examples: gaming devices, streaming services, cable television, etc.
• Limit digital technology to work apps during work hours on your work devices. Commit to no work outside of work hours.
MODIFIED DIGITAL FAST
• Make your smartphone dumb. Move anything off your phone that you can do on your computer or laptop. (As above, think in terms of “distraction” vs. “utility”)
• Fast from other entertainment through digital technology (such as TV) for a specific number of days during the week.
• Limit digital technology to work apps during work hours on your work devices. Commit to no work outside of work hours.
• Fast from other entertainment through digital technology (such as TV) for a specific number of days during the week.
• Limit digital technology to work apps during work hours on your work devices. Commit to no work outside of work hours.
MODIFIED DIGITAL FAST
• Make your smartphone dumb. Move anything off your phone that you can do on your computer or laptop. (As above, think in terms of “distraction” vs. “utility”)
• Fast from other entertainment through digital technology (such as TV) for a specific number of days during the week.
• Limit digital technology to work apps during work hours on your work devices. Commit to no work outside of work hours.
• Fast from other entertainment through digital technology (such as TV) for a specific number of days during the week.
• Limit digital technology to work apps during work hours on your work devices. Commit to no work outside of work hours.