The digital revolution has brought enormous changes and more are coming. Living 24/6 is a way to stay grounded as we grow and adapt

If you meditate, you’ve felt your brain switch over. When you start, you’re still in default mode network, and your thoughts are all over the place. But as you push those stray thoughts aside and begin to focus, the task positive network kicks in.

One study showed that it takes twenty-three minutes to recover from disruptions like your phone at work.3 (Knowing this has definitely cut down on the number of texts I send out during the workday.)

Unplugging for a full day each week is a punk-rock reaction to our always-on, 24/7 world.

Annie Dillard is: “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”

You become skilled at any work—carpentry, music, or gardening—by practicing. Tech Shabbat gives you the opportunity to practice whatever it is you want to get better at, even if it’s just being.

Tell your boss and coworkers. I highly recommend framing it as, I’ll be more productive, more creative, happier, and more efficient if I go offline for twenty-four hours.

Begin by admitting you’re on screens too much, your family is on screens too much, your coworkers are on screens too much, and it’s time to take a step back. Knowing how we respond to stimuli is a good place to start.

Living 24/6 feels like magic, and here’s why: it seems to defy the laws of physics, as it both slows down time and gives us more of it.