RIGHT
RIGHT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO DO THIS TAKE YOUR PHONE TURN IT
OFF SET IT DOWN AND THAT
MEANS ALL ELECTRONICS FOR A
FULL TWENTY FOUR HOURS
CATCHING IT IS A CHALLENGE
THAT MANY AMERICANS ARE4@
TAKING FOR THE TENTH ANNUAL
NATIONAL DAY OF UNPLUGGING
TOM HANSEN HEARD HOW AND WHY
PEOPLE ARE MAKING THE CHOICE
TO UNPLUG MOLLY ROSEN GUY IS4@
TRYING TO GET IT ALL IN
BEFORE SHE TURNS IT ALL OFF
THE AUTHOR AND MOTHER OF TWO
HAS PLEDGED TO TURN OFF ALL
HER DIGITAL DEVICES EVEN AS
SHE PREPPED FOR HER
DAUGHTER'S FOUR YEAR OLD
BIRTHDAY PARTY4@ MY AND LIFE
EXISTS IN MY FOUND SO4@
THE HAVE TO PUT IT DOWN FOR
DEDICATED TWENTY FOUR HOURS
WILL4@ MAKE ME MENTAL ALSO
FORCED ME TO BE PRESENT ROADS
AND GUY IS PARTICIPATING IN
THE NATIONAL DAY OF
UNPLUGGING4@ AROUND ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE
OFFICIALLY COMMITTED TO A
DIGITAL ELIMINATION4@ DIET
FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY SOME FOR MENTAL WELL
BEING OTHERS TO CREATE
COMMUNITY OR TO4@ HELP
THE ENVIRONMENT. I CAN'T
REALLY IMAGINE BE A FEW HOURS
A FROM IPHONE BUT GIVING OFF
A SMARTPHONE EVEN FOR TWENTY
FOUR HOURS MIGHT BE EASIER
SAID THAN DONE SMARTPHONE4@
OWNERSHIP HAS SKYROCKETED IN
RECENT YEARS4@ FROM THIRTY FIVE
PERCENT IN TWENTY ELEVEN TO
SEVENTY SEVEN PERCENT IN
TWENTY4@ EIGHTEEN. ANOTHER
STUDY FINDS AMERICANS CHECK
THEIR SMARTPHONES ABOUT FIFTY
TWO TIMES A DAY4@ THE GIRL
BEHIND THE UNPLUGGED EFFORT
KNOWS THAT PEOPLE WHO COMMIT
TO TURNING OFF MIGHT NEED
SOME HELP SO THEY OFFERED
THESE CELLPHONE SLEEPING BAGS4@
TO KEEP PHONES OUT OF SIGHT
AND OUT OF MIND4@ WE KNOW THAT
TECHNOLOGY IS INTERRUPTING
AND4@ D4@ISTRACTING ASPEN WHALN
TENSION IN OUR LIVES THE ROSE
AND GUY IT MEANS SLOWING DOWN
NO EMAIL INSTAGRAM OR
FACEBOOK BUT4@ HOPEFULLY A LOT
MORE FAMILY TIME HITS IN CBS4@
NEWS NEW YOR4@K FOR SOME THAT
MIGHT BE A PIPE DREAM WFMY
SAYS BUT4@ COM HAS AN INSIGHT
SO WHAT'S THE BENEFIT OF ON
PLUGGING YOU GET TO ENJOY
LIFE ON DISTRACTED4@ THINK
ABOUT IT ACTION YOU HAVING ON
THE PHONE AND YOU CAN FOCUS
YOUR ATTENTION ON YOURSELF
HAVE SOME COM SOME PEACE AND
THAN PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT YOU
SPEAKING OF IMPORTANT PEOPLE
TO YOU. LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW4@
THE CELLPHONE IMPACTS
THE RELATIONSHIPS BY
UNPLUGGING THAT HOW4@ HOWELL
WAS A YOU WOULD MAKE SOMEONE
FEEL IMPORTANT AND SPECIAL
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE CONSTANTLY
DISTRACTED HOLD I'M I'M HERE
USUALLY THE REAR LIKE REALLY
BLOCK A I DON'T FEEL LIKE I
HAVE YOUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION
AND THATS WHAT YOU WANT TO BE
ABLE TO GIVE PEOPLE SO4@
THEY'RE GOING A FILM CORNER
CAN HELP YOU HELP BE
RECONNECTING TO YOU LIKE
SORRY I JUST HAVE A QUESTION
BECAUSE FOR OUR JOHN IT IS
VERY IMPORTANT TO BE
CONNECTED. HOW CAN YOU HAVE A
POSITIVE MAINTAINING OF
THE RELATIONSHIP WHILE ALSO
BEING CONNECTED TO THE FROM
THIS IS WERE TRANSPARENT AND
USE A BOOK THIS IS IMPORTANT
WANT TO TALK YOU BUT I'M4@
EXPECTING A WERE COLOR I'M4@
GONNA HAVE TO CHECK BUT YOU
DON'T TO BE RUDE ABOUT IT
WHEN HAVE TO TAKE A HOTEL ONE
SECOND4@ JULIE YOU LOOK AND
THEN AFTER YOU'RE DONE GIVE
THAT UNDIVIDED ATTENTION
THE THING IS THIS IS NOT
THE TIME TO CHECK EMAIL
INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK TWITTER
EVERYTHING ELSE AT THE SAME
TIME YOU4@ WANT TO QUICKLY LOOK
AT IT HANDLE TO BUSINESS AND
THEN GET BACK TO THE PEOPLE
YOU TALK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
THEN GET BACK TO THE PEOPLE YOU TALK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE4@
AN ADDICTION TO THEIR PHONE
SO YOU KNOW WHAT IF YOU GET
AN URGE TO LOOK AT SOCIAL
MEDIA. YOU JUST WANT
THE TWENTY FOUR HOURS NO
PHONE DIDN'T LEAVE
THE ELECTRONICS ALONE BUT
THE AFTERWARDS THIS IS HOW WE
ARE CONNECTED TO THE WORLD IS
DEFINITELY MOST MOST LIKELY
TO ARE TELEPHONES BUT YOU
WANT TO HAVE A BALANCE THIS
IS WHERE BOUNDS COMES IN4@
THE ARE STILL CONNECTED TO
THE OUTSIDE WORLD BUT ALSO
CONNECTED TO THE PEOPL4@E WHO
YOU ARE WITH THE WANT4@ TO
SPEND TIME WITH TIME ABOUT
UNPLUGGING FOR JUST TWENTY
FOUR HOURS. LETS TAKE ABOUT
BIGGER PICTURE MOVING4@ FORWARD
BE ON THIS TWENTY FOUR HOURS4@
WAS THE WITHOUT FROM ITS
BUSINESS THEN YOU USE IT FOR
BUSINESS OF THE PLEASURE USE
OF FOR PLEASURE BUT YOU HIGH
GET HAVE TO HAVE THAT BALANCE
SO PEYTON TO THE BONE AND YOU
NEED TO BUT WHEN YOU WITH
OTHER PEOPLE4@ BE TRANSPARENT I
GOTTA DO SOMETHING TO4@ GIVE
YOU MINE DIVIDED ATTENTION
BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE
SURE THAT YOU ACTUALLY DO
THAT CAN'T BE ALL TALK
THE YOU HAVE TO4@ FOLLOW HER
MIGHT HAVE TO PUT THE C4@HARGER
IN A DIFFERENT AROUND THE AND
PUT ON