Digital detox : Do you do it? If yes how you do it?

I attended the Digital Detox workshop by Habit Strong and got control over my Instagram scrolling. I can live without it and it's been a year since I've used it. It made me realise these things barely add value and we can get rid of them anytime we want just need discipline.
Try it I would recommend.

I am limiting my screen time as I have a kid and I don't want him to get influenced and use mobile phones. Here's what I'm doing, and it seems to be working really well.

1. Archived all the casual chats, only the important once like my husband, parents and couple of friends are unarchived , so that I get the notifications when they drop a message on WhatsApp.
2. Uninstalled all the shopping apps.
3. I do have Instagram, but I have set a break reminder for 10 mins and daily limit as 1 hour. 4.Uninstalled the apps that I do not use frequently.
4. Logged out from apps that I frequently use. If it's very very needed only then I will spend energy to login. For example, swiggy or Zomato.
5. No mobiles are allowed in my son's bedroom, since I spend most of the time with my son. Mobile is always in the living room and I usually miss a couple of updates or calls, and that's fine.
6. I have fixed a time to check my phone and use social media, usually after 7, when my husband takes care of my son.

All these efforts were worth it. I feel I am more calm, mindful and happy. All the best to you.

Not sure about laptop, but in mobile, you better put up a screen timer for all apps to 5 mins (except for those that take more than 5 mins)

If you follow (without breaking) 10 din me farak dikhega

Been doing it for a while now Minimal use of social media Silencing notifications of apps which are useless Using digital wellbeing schedule to turn off most apps. This only allows you to use apps for like 5 mins and then it goes back to focus mode if you want to really use some apps.

I do this every year, in the OND quarter. Deactivate and uninstall instagram and other unnecessary apps and in turn upskill. TV- I barely watch 1 hr. It's mostly between phone and laptop. During the uninstall, phone usage was down to 3 hours from 5-6 hours. Laptop, as work requires.

Honestly nobody would even notice if you weren't online. Plus back in 2020 I watched the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma and switched off all notifications on my phone ever since. I prefer calling than texting nowadays.

Surprisingly it works