A couple years ago I lost my phone in vegas, it was great. Just hung out at the pool all day with no one that could bother me

at least 193 days based on my cowboy hat streak 😅

backpacking weekend in april.

Funny you should ask, I'm about to drag my kids to a place that's about as close to the North Pole as it is to civilization, specifically in the hopes that we can all disconnect for a week. I actually remember a time when screens were not a constant companion, and I want my kids to at least understand what's been lost. I'm not naive enough to think they won't be as addicted as I am when they grow up, but I at least want to give them a basis for comparison.

A couple months ago I did a 1 day screen fast, no phone and no laptop. It was a great experience, and shows you just how much the constant communion with devices affects us. My mind felt...different. Less jumpy. Overall it was a huge positive, and when you tell people about it they're amazed, it's such an uncommon thing to do. I did things that had been on my to-do list for a long time.

After that, I thought I'd do it once a week, but ended up doing it only a couple times since then. The problem is, going without your phone nowadays equals going without telephones, telephone books, maps, address books, calendars, encyclopedias, cookbooks, regular books, etc. Things you need for everyday life.

It helps to prepare ahead of time. Go through your to-do list, and write things down on paper. Longer term, I'd like to start the process of becoming more independent of online services. For instance, I was using a online note-organizing app. I switched to text files, it wasn't that difficult.

Depends on how you measure it. If device=smartphone then I've gone without it for about 6 months (used Apple Watch with LTE as my daily, it's basically going without a smartphone).

If it's ANY device with a screen and internet then it's probably been 20 years. Yikes, that's a crazy thought.

Last year, when I felt like all the distraction was making me go crazy, I turned off my phone and just meditated for most of the day. I didn't do it the whole day, but I did keep it off until night time

I went on a meditation retreat a couple years ago. No devices or speaking for ten days.

1993

I think it's been years

Too long to recall. That needs to change. Usually its when I'm camping /staying somewhere without Internet.

I was not ready to be asked this question

I honestly can’t answer this question honestly! Its seriously not good, I’m a 24/7 survey.

I'm often in places that don't have a signal, like beaches etc. So I can't communicate, but still look at the phone to know the time. I got my first smartphone in 2012, haven't gone a day without one since.

These days turning communication off might mean losing an opportunity to earn fiat and stack sats, so I have a strong reason not to do that.

Ugh. It's been years. I accidentally locked myself out of a building we were doing some floor refinishing work in over a weekend a few years back. We had completed the work and were just loading the equipment back in the van and I left my jacket inside with my phone and the building keys in the pocket and someone closed the back door to the building so I couldn't get back in until Monday morning at 7am. Fortunately I had my car and house keys in my pants pocket so it wasn't a big deal. I just went a day and a half without a phone, which was nice, and went back Monday morning at 7am to pick my stuff up.

Good question...

Twas long ago, in a time before the internet

I proudly sleep with my phone under my pillow to maximize on the electromagnetic frequencies emanataing from my device.

Cannot really remember a full day, but definitely few minutes here and there. It was great to feel free for a bit, smile, enjoy, live! Buts I still hear the vibration noise time to time. Sometime I also imagine my phone is vibrating on my pocket

Nineteen ninety never...lol

every seven days take one day without the internet

o oh...