Could you do the three day drawer challenge?

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Switch your phone off and put it in a drawer for 72 hours

No, just no. It's brilliant for so many reasons.

Why would I want to? It'd be like telling someone pre-mobiles that they had to spend 3 days without their landline/alarm clock/calendar/postal deliveries. We could all survive without it, but it would make life needlessly more difficult.

Me too Blooby

Nope.
I own a business where my customers find me on my website, social media and third party apps. In whichever manner they find me, I get an alert on my phone to connect with them.
72 minutes with my phone turned off would not be great for business, never mind 72 hours.

No problem at all. If you were asking about my tablet though you’d get a different answer! My family know if they want to contact me the quickest way is WhatsApp or email (both on my tablet), rather than calls. My phone loses charge quickly so it only really gets charged if I’m planning on an actual voice chat. Anyone else who would call (rare) will just leave a voicemail if I need to call back.

I think the practicalities are difficult especially for some people

I did it. I was surprised how I felt.

I did it when I was off work and kids were off school. I did make sure they had an emergency contact still.

I did realise that mindless scrolling was doing my head in. That likes and comments essentially mean fuck all to me.

I'm back on it but I do now switch off between 9pm and 9am. I will be doing this break again every few months or so

No. I don't have a landline and I have a terminally ill parent.

It would be a fucking terrible idea.

However, I could easily leave my phone on the side in the style of a landline for 72 hours and only pick it up if it rings.

nope. but my phone is pretty much only used as a phone. If you are asking if I could dump social media for 72 hours then easily.

No way. I’m addicted to my phone.

I could switch to a brick phone so I’m still contactable by text and calls but, no, can’t do without it for that long.

Easy. I would only miss scrolling through the news and Mumsnet last thing at night and first thing in the morning, but tv or a physical book would be fine.

I get what you are saying.

But if the idea is to avoid the likes and scroll then it’s not just the phone that needs to go but also my iPad! Well mainly my ipad.

That’s would be a good thing to try actually. Over a weekend plus Monday.

Like many people with similar caring responsibilities, I can't put my phone away because I need to be on call for my SEN child. But it's a dumb phone (on purpose!) so no mindless scrolling. I ditched the smart phone for that very reason ages ago.

The thing I need to put away is my tablet. I go on a detox from times to times. It is a breath of fresh air. But the damn thing is really addictive, I always end up picking it up again. I do a lot of doom scrolling... I need better hobbies!

No way. Social media is my only contact with another adult most days. I don’t see why anyone would ‘challenge’ me to give that up, or how it would benefit me to do so.

I also use it to keep track of budgets, health, manage housework and appointments, work at odd moments, get in supplies and other resources, keep us on a rough schedule and meet deadlines personal and professional, find information on how to solve problems and take pictures of fun stuff. Very occasionally I call someone on it. Less occasionally, I message someone.

Could I not do anything ‘bad’ on it for three days - like MN, facebook, insta and that Lemmings game. Sure. I have plenty of other hobbies. But as that’s they case, why would I want to?

No I've got kids in nursery and school so I need to be contactable. I'd probably die of boredom too. I listen to stuff on YouTube when I doing housework.

I'd love to & have had the odd week off switching to a Nokia.
But:
QR codes to get menus etc
NHS app to show covid passport
mulitfactor authentication to get onto work computers
Uber (I don't drive, but admit this is a frivolous one)
Maps

It is a shame how insidiously phones are inserted into our lives.

No, we don’t have a landline.

I don’t have a computer either so it’s the only way I access my email.

I could but I rely on my phone too much
2 DC at school and nursery, if they get sick I need to be contacted
I use an app for my alarm system, I can set and unset without touching a button, without this I'd need to put in the code manually

Not at the minute. I have a lot of legal stuff going on. I also have an elderly aunt I need to be in contact with pretty much on a daily basis. We don't have a landline so my mobile is my only point of contact. Could I use it just for calls & texts for 72 hours? Maybe.

My phone maybe if I wasn't going out anywhere, but not my iPad

I am completely addicted. I don't work due to disability so it helps fills my day.
Lots of mindless scrolling and puzzle type games.

I also rely on my calendar, email and texts from dh who needs to ask me stuff about work during the day.

No, run my own business. I'd come back to 30-50 answerphone messages and some very unhappy customers.

You could only remove my phone from my hand once I'm dead and rigor mortis has set in 😄

Yes I could do it with my phone.

Yup.
And thanks for reminding me to turn it off. It's only on when I'm out of the house and DH isn't with me.

No.

I need my mobile to be able to authenticate my work log-in