Get Fit and Disconnect with These 5 Essential Tips for a Successful Digital Detox – Don't Miss Out!

Jan 8

Jan 8 Get Fit and Disconnect with These 5 Essential Tips for a Successful Digital Detox – Don't Miss Out!

This might be our hardest goal to achieve in 2019! But we cannot deny that this is one of the biggest challenges to general health and wellness today…

In numbers | Internet addiction

The average person checks their phone 200 times a day - that's once every six and a half minutes
73% of participants surveyed say they'd struggle to go a day without checking their phone or computer
One in four people spend more time online than they do asleep
70% of 16-24-year-olds say they prefer texting to talking
The average teenager sends 3,400 electronic messages a month from their bed

But how easy is it to start and, more importantly, stick to a much-needed digital detox?

Here's our 5 tips to make your digital detox a success:

1. Make a gadget list

Actually make two lists!

Firstly, list all of your gadgets. This will show you how dependent you are on technology. Secondly, make a list of all the things that you enjoy doing in life, but aren't doing presently.

This will help you realise that, if you cut down your technology use, you'll gain back hours of time to do things that you find considerably more meaningful than constantly checking Social Media.

2. Give yourself an allowance

If you establish a maximum daily time allowance for your devices then you will be more likely to stick to your detox and achieve those goals you have been procrastinating on! Apple’s Screen Time and Google Digital Wellbeing tools will help you to track your usage against your allowance.

3. Ensure you get enough sleep

Try storing devices in a different room to your bedroom overnight. This will stop yourself using them straight before sleep, and first thing in the morning - which is important as sleep issues and technology addiction are easy bedfellows.

4. Leave your gadgets at home

We are ever-curious about what others are up to and then we compare and despair. So try leaving your gadgets at home, or just going out without your headphones once in a while.

You may find that you miss very little, and will have more time to do more with your life than spending it watching other people's worlds through a screen.

5. Find a detox buddy

With this support, you can discuss your progress, encourage each other to keep going and spend time together face-to-face rather than messaging through a screen. A detox buddy will keep you honest.