No Phone Summer
What is “No Phone Summer”?
No Phone Summer is Summer 2024. No phone summer, means one thing — we are having fun this summer.
We are all addicted to our phones. And we all hate it. We feel out of touch with each other and with reality. Dating sucks. Days crash by and into each other. Everything is a blur. And your soul feels like a bottomless pit of meaningless consumption.
So take back your life. TAKE BACK SUMMER!!!!
But before we can all have a no phone summer, we have to establish a few rules. So if you’re willing to participate, there’s going to be some stuff you’re gonna have to give up,,,, but so much to gain.
When does No Phone Summer start? - Whenever you read this.
When does it end? - 1st week of September
Here are the rules to No Phone Summer:
- Delete all phones apps except maps, a music app, and ride share.
- If you want to talk to friends, do so through phone calls or texting.
- Own a camera - catch your friends off guard, take a pic of the yummy meal you ordered, take a blurry picture of the moon, indulge in the imperfection
- Don’t use your phone first thing in the morning, turn off your alarm but do anything instead of scroll — even if you don’t have apps anymore, the mere physical act of scrolling is ingrained in our brains, stay away from those permanent photo and notes folder
- Get a cute pocket size notebook to carry around, and a pen! — perfect for on the go notes, and all the cute love letters you will write and leave around during your no phone summer
- Encourage your friends to go no-phone for summer. Life’s a party with your pals.
- You can carry your phone around with you obvi. But don't use it unless you need it!!!! Like a phone call, or a song on your long drive. And don't try to bend the rules...
Exceptions to No Phone Summer:
- Something exceptional happens. AND I MEAN EXCEPTIONAL. (I.e. your pet gets lost and you need to post about it)
- You have some kind of work in social media. (i.e. have to post that you restocked clothes on your Etsy store. Post that shit. Close it. Bye. Don’t look at anything.) lets try to be realistic with these exceptions
- Other than that.. girl no one cares that you’re in Greece. Enjoy Greece. Whatever!
How no phone summer ends:
- Maybe you decide to treat yourself to an epic photo dump of the awesome summer you had, so post those pics, whatever. By September, you may not feel the urge to.
- Post your hot selfie you forgot to post.
- post the one song that defined your summer
- be glad to be back but glad u left
- Its not about forever. It’s about a break. Its about seeing what else there is.
Things you can do during no phone summer:
- Learn how to burn CDs and make each of your besties a mix
- Read five books
- Get in a fight
- Build a puzzle
- Host a game night
- Take a cooking class
- Go on a hike
- Go on a midnight ice cream run
- Have a sleepover
- Even if you have a job, like most of us do, and bitch its too many hours, summer is still EXCEPTIONAL. Bask in the moment. Bask in it.
- Buy CDs
- Go to every flea market you can find
- Pet every dog you see
- Start a blog that your friends check out every week
- Wait for your coffee and inspect your finger nails, twiddle your thumbs, write something down on a napkin. Give your brain a chance to be inspired
No phone summer!!! is our chance to create a common memory together. To live how we remember and dream of living again. ditch the phoneeee. ITS SUMMER #nophonesummer
