YOU
YOU WATCHING US RIGHT NOW MAYBE WITH YOUR PHONE IN YOUR HAND. DID YOU KNOW THAT MOST
AMERICANS CHECK THEIR PHONE ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY TIMES A DAY
AND THE MAJORITY OF US START
DOING THAT BEFORE WE ARE EVEN
OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING?
WELL, I HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR
YOU CAN YOU TAKE A TWENTY FOUR
HOUR BREAK FROM TECHNOLOGY? MY
NEXT SEBASTIAN SLOVEN AND SONYA
MAHOMET ARE THE CO-FOUNDERS
OF NATURE UNPLUGGED. THEY HAVE
A NEW BOOK OUT AND THEY ARE
HERE WITH MORE ON THE NATIONAL
DAY OF UNPLUGGING. I'M SO GLAD
BOTH OF YOU ARE HERE. I FEEL
LIKE THIS WAS MAYBE SET UP AS
AN INTERVENTION FOR ME. THANK
YOU FOR HAVING US. YEAH, I'M
CERTAINLY NOT ALONE IN THIS.
THESE NUMBERS ARE REALLY
SHOCKING. THE AVERAGE AMERICAN
CHECKING THEIR PHONE THAT OFTEN
AND I'M ASSUMING SOME OF US ARE
GUILTY OF CHECKING IT EVEN MORE
THAN THE US INCLUDED. SO TALK
ABOUT THE NATIONAL DAY
OF UNPLUGGING. IT BEGINS AT
SUNDOWN TONIGHT. WHAT IS THE
CHALLENGE FOR PEOPLE? YES. IN
THE NATIONAL DAY OF UNPLUGGING
IT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS
LIKE. SO IT'S TWENTY FOUR HOURS
OF A DIGITAL DETOX OR BREAK
FROM OUR DEVICES AND TECHNOLOGY
.SO AS YOU MENTIONED IT STARTS
AT SUNDOWN TONIGHT. SO ABOUT AN
HOUR FROM NOW AND IT GOES TO
SUNDOWN TOMORROW NIGHT AND
WE'RE HUGE FANS OF THIS NATURE
UNPLUGGED. I THINK THIS IS A
PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO RESET
YOUR RELATIONSHIP TECHNOLOGY.
SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
AND I'LL GO TO YOU FOR THIS
QUESTION AS FAR AS RESETTING
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
TECHNOLOGY, WHAT DOES A HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIP LOOK LIKE? YEAH,
SO WHEN WE SAY THAT WE MEAN
USING YOUR TECHNOLOGY WITH
INTENTION INSTEAD OF TECHNOLOGY
USING US. SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT
HOW DO WE USE IT MINDFULLY AND
WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST IS STEP ONE
FOR THOSE OF US WHO REALLY DO
FEEL LIKE I IF I DON'T HAVE MY
PHONE IN MY HAND I'M LOOKING
FOR MY PHONE, I FIND MYSELF
MINDLESSLY SCROLLING THROUGH
THINGS FORGETTING WHY I EVEN
WENT TO THE PHONE IN THE FIRST
PLACE. SO WHAT SORT OF STEP ONE
OF DETOXING FROM THE PHONES?
YEAH, OUR FAVORITE FIRST STEP
IS CREATING A DIGITAL CURFEW.
SO THAT'S ONE TO TWO HOURS
BEFORE YOU GO TO BED IN THE
EVENING AND YOU SHUT DOWN
EVERYTHING, PUT IT ALL AWAY AND
THEN WHEN YOU WAKE UP YOU WAIT
ONE TO TWO HOURS BEFORE YOU USE
IT AGAIN AND IT'S A REALLY
GREAT WAY TO START AND END YOUR
DAY WITH INTENTION. AND LET'S
TALK ABOUT THE BOOK AS WELL.
SEBASTIAN, WHAT IS THE BOOK
ABOUT FOR PEOPLE THAT MAYBE
WANT TO DOVE INTO THIS TOPIC A
LITTLE FURTHER? YEAH, WE'RE
SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE BOOK.
THE BOOK IS CALLED EXPERIENCE
NATURE UNPLUG A GUIDE TO
WELLNESS IN THE DIGITAL AGE AND
IT'S BASICALLY A STEP BY STEP
GUIDE TO HELP NAVIGATE THIS
NOISY DIGITAL HIGHLY DISTRACTED
WORLD WHERE I JUST WANT TO
CLARIFY SOMETHING WE ARE NOT
ANTI TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT? THIS IS
ABOUT USING TECHNOLOGY WITH
INTENTION AND I THINK THAT'S
OUR GOAL. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR
A TWENTY FOUR HOUR FAST AND THE
NATIONAL DAY OF UNPLUGGING AND
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED TO
CONTINUE ON AFTER THAT HOW TO
CREATE WELLNESS DAY TO DAY.
THAT'S WHAT THIS LOOKS REALLY
ALL ABOUT AND THAT'S WHAT YOU
KNOW, EVERYTHING WE DO IN
NATURE UNPLUGGED IS ABOUT THAT.
SO WE DO A ONE ON ONE COACHING
AND MENTORING EDUCATIONAL
WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS,
RETREATS AND NOW THIS BOOK IS
SORT OF HAS EVERYTHING IN THAT
ALL OUR FAVORITE TIPS AND
RESOURCES. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE
REALIZE HOW THESE DIFFERENT
APPS ON THE PHONES ARE REALLY
MEANT TO KEEP US COMING BACK
FOR MORE KIND OF LIKE A SLOT
MACHINE AND CASINO THAT'S ALL
SET UP JUST TO KEEP YOU COMING
BACK AND SCROLLING FOR MORE
SORT OF DOVE INTO THAT. I KNOW
I ONLY HAVE ABOUT 30 MORE
SECONDS HERE BUT WE REALLY NEED
TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. YEAH,
IT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION
AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE
SOCIAL DILEMMA OF SOME OF THE
VIEWERS MAY HAVE SEEN THAT AND
IT'S JUST IT'S INCREDIBLE TO
REALIZE HOW MANY RESOURCES HOW
MUCH MONEY AND HOW MANY VERY
INTELLIGENT PEOPLE ARE DOING
THEIR VERY BEST TO KEEP US ON
THEIR PARTICULAR PLATFORM
COMING AND COMING BACK AS MANY
TIMES AS THEY COULD POSSIBLY
GET US TO COME BACK. AND
BASICALLY THE MORE THE MORE
TIME WE SPEND WITH OUR
ATTENTION ON A PARTICULAR
PLATFORM OR DEVICE, THE MORE
MONEY THEY'RE MAKING THROUGH
ADVERTISING AND THINGS LIKE SO
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IT'S
IT'S NOT PERSONAL THAT YOU
CAN'T GET YOUR CHECKING YOUR
PHONE 150 TIMES A DAY. I'M
CERTAINLY NOT THE ONLY ONE. ALL
RIGHT. THE NATIONAL DAY
OF UNPLUGGING BEGINS AT SUNDOWN
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDOWN
TOMORROW. I'M GOING TO TAKE
THIS CHALLENGE SEBASTIAO SLOVEN
AND SONYA MUHAMMAD, I DO
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME SO MUCH.
AGAIN, NATURE UNPLUGGED. THE
FOLKS WANT TO FIND YOU EITHER
ONLINE WHICH AGAIN BE CAREFUL
NOT