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Do you know how your grandparents met?

In a 2010 Emory study of 66 teenagers, those who knew more of their family's stories reported a slightly stronger sense of identity and self-esteem. It's a small study, the families were similar to each other and it hasn't been widely replicated.

It's still a nice thing to do on a Sunday. Ask one question tonight and write the answer down.

Send this to the person who knows the family stories.

Scenes and hands are AI-generated. by @unplug_days_

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2 hours ago

What did you inherit that nobody ever wrote down?

We listed what the children here will actually be handed: a table from 1911, a gate you have to lift then push, a recipe with no quantities, where the blackberries are, how to lay a fire, a box of letters to read at thirty.

Not the phone. It'll be old by March.

Send this to whoever taught you something that isn't written anywhere.

Comment INVENTORY and I'll send you the free five-day paper journal.

Scenes are AI-generated. by @unplug_days_

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15 hours ago

A recipe for a phone-free evening. Serves one, also serves two.

Ingredients: one phone charging elsewhere, one pen, one page, a warm drink, a low lamp, and twenty minutes of something you forgot you liked.

The method is on slide 2. The hardest step is the first one. The rest cooks itself.

Save this for Sunday night, and send it to whoever you'd cook it with.

Want somewhere to start? Our five-day paper journal begins by just noticing. Free: eleven pages, printable, just your email.

Link in bio, or comment PAPER and I'll send you the link.

#digitaldetox #sundayreset #slowliving by @unplug_days_

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21 hours ago

Where your phone sleeps, ranked.

S tier is another room, charging. D tier is in your hand at 1:07am. No judgement. D-tier nights happen.

Be honest in the comments: what's your tier tonight? And send this to the friend you'd share a D-tier night with.

If you'd like to climb a tier or two, our five-day paper journal starts even smaller: day 1 just asks you to notice how often you reach for it. It's free, and the only thing it asks for is your email.

Link in bio, or comment PAPER and I'll send you the link.

#digitaldetox #slowliving #tierlist by @unplug_days_

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2 days ago

What did you do as a child when there was nothing to do?

A 2020 review of 16 studies and 711 children found that when outdoor play was left unstructured, activity rose from about 3,800 to 5,100 steps, with more imaginative play too. The studies were very different from each other, so treat it as a direction, not a rule.

The wellies are hand-me-downs from 1998. They've done a lot of steps.

Save this for a boring Saturday.

Isla is an AI-generated character. by @unplug_days_

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2 days ago

The last thing I wrote on my phone last night.

A note to myself, before putting it away for the evening. Not a detox, not a rule for life. Just one evening that belongs to me.

If you'd like five of them in a row, our paper journal walks you through it, one page a day. It's free. Just your email, and the PDF arrives straight away.

It's the link in our bio, or comment PAPER and I'll DM it to you. by @unplug_days_

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3 days ago

What do you call it when you go outside?

Nobody in Isla's village says "nature". They say "out". Are you going out? He's been out. Out is where the dog goes and where the washing goes. It has never once been called self-care, and it still gets done nearly every day.

The wall she sat on has been there since about 1790.

Maybe that's why it lasts: nobody treats it as a task.

Send this to the person who always says "I'll just pop out".

Isla is an AI-generated character. by @unplug_days_

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3 days ago

How would you describe your house if someone handed you a camera?

In a 2010 study, 30 working couples filmed a tour of their own home. Women who used more words about clutter and unfinished jobs had a flatter daily cortisol curve and a lower mood through the day. Their husbands didn't show the same pattern.

It's a tiny sample, and it's how the house was described, not how messy it was.

Save this for the next time you walk past the pile by the door.

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4 days ago

Two of the men who built the digital age set limits at home.

In late 2010 a New York Times reporter asked Steve Jobs whether his children loved the iPad. "They haven't used it," he said. "We limit how much technology our kids use at home." In 2017 Bill Gates told the Mirror there are no phones at the table during meals in his house, and that his children didn't get one until 14.

Neither of them needed an app for it. They needed a rule, decided before the evening started.

Five days to write yours, on paper. Free, just your email.

Link in bio, or comment PAPER and I'll send you the link. by @unplug_days_

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4 days ago

Things I don't do anymore.

Notice it says don't, not can't. In a set of studies in the Journal of Consumer Research, Vanessa Patrick and Henrik Hagtvedt found that people who framed a boundary as "I don't" stuck to it better than people who said "I can't". One sounds like a rule someone gave you. The other sounds like who you are.

Write your own list tonight. One line is enough.

If you'd like five days of help writing it, the paper journal is free. Only your email.

Link in bio. Or comment PAPER and I'll send you the link. by @unplug_days_

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5 days ago

When did you last walk for an hour and a half?

In a 2015 Stanford study, 38 people walked for 90 minutes, half along a busy road and half through greenery. Only the nature walkers reported less rumination afterwards, and a brain area linked to it was less active. One small study, one walk each.

Isla's scarf is her grandmother's, from 1962. She takes the long way round anyway.

Save this for a Saturday morning.

Isla is an AI-generated character. by @unplug_days_

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5 days ago

What five days can do to one table.

Day 1 asks you to change nothing at all. You just count how many times you pick it up. By day 3 the screen stays dark. By day 5 it isn't on the table, and it didn't take a fight, because you'd already decided where it lives.

One page a day, on paper, small enough to actually finish.

The journal is free: an 11-page A5 PDF you can print or copy into any notebook. No app, no login, just your email.

Link in bio, or comment PAPER and I'll send you the link. by @unplug_days_

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6 days ago