/r/OfflineDay

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We want to extend the awareness to go offline, or off the screen from time to time. It's about breaking routines to gain some perspective. Join us every first Friday of the month at sunset to disconnect from our distractions and re-align. 24 hours makes a difference. Enjoy!

We want to extend the awareness to go offline from time to time. Jomo, the joy of missing out.

/r/OfflineDay

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We are not designed to use the law of attraction.

We are designed to create and when we go out to create, it engages the law of attraction to help us create.

It's the most important primary mechanisms which allows us to create, but its really only engaged when we are in the process of creating or make a decision to create something in our life.

Mixing this with the activation of your Vital energy speeds up this process.

This is what people experience as Frisson, or as the Runner's High, or as the Vibrational State before an Astral Projection, or as Qi in Taoism and in Martial Arts, or as Prana in Hindu philosophy and during an ASMR session.

Its also that extremely comfortable Euphoric wave that can most easily be recognized as present while you experience goosebumps/chills from a positive external or internal situations/stimuli such as listening to a song you really like, thinking about a lover, watching a moving movie scene, striving, feeling thankful, praising God, praying, etc.

Eventually, you can learn how to bring up this wave of euphoric energy without the physical reaction of goosebumps, everywhere you want and for your desired duration.

We have been given this incredible gift through which we can feel ecstasy, euphoria, or eagerness on demand and doing so can attract similar Energy to us that will help us to feel more of those emotions.

Yes, when you consciously choose to emit a frequency (through your thoughts, states of mind, point of views or emotions), the exact same frequency is drawn to you. The entire universe works together to mimic that frequency and bring it towards you in events, situations or people.

This gift allows us to create our "reality" in ways that many other ''configurations of Energy'' cannot.

This energy researched and documented under many names, by different people and cultures, like Bioelectricity, Life force, Prana, Chi, Qi, Runner's High, Euphoria, ASMR, Ecstasy, Orgone, Rapture, Tension, Aura, Mana, Vayus, Nen, Intent, Tummo, Odic force, Kriyas, Pitī, Frisson, Ruah, Spiritual Energy, Secret Fire, The Tingles, on-demand quickening, Voluntary Piloerection, Aether, Chills, Spiritual Chills and many more to be discovered hopefully with your help.

Here are three written tutorials to help you learn how to specifically do this, to consciously activate it at a higher level and for long durations.

P.S. Everyone feels it at certain points in their life, some brush it off while others notice that there is something much deeper going on. Those are exactly the people you can find on r/spiritualchills where they share experiences, knowledge and tips on it.

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2024/05/05
22:09 UTC

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OfflineDay 3-4 May

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2024/05/02
19:00 UTC

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Your awareness is one of the most powerful tool at your disposal in life.

Do you know just how powerful you are?

Even though child hood traumas, events that happened or even words that were said a long time ago, hurt and carry through into our adulthood robbing us of our aliveness and spontaneity, become trapped within the body and its energy field, causing tension, stress and possibly disease.

There's a healthy, natural process that allows you to release this stored, suppressed or blocked energy to resolve issues, become more alive and regain full control of your conscious awareness, to receive the positive energy from the universe that is infinitely there.

To truly understand how you can start this process, here's an interesting point of view from past cultures.

According to martial arts/traditional Chinese medicine we have a Vital Energy/Life force that is supposed to develop into three forms, the second one being what they call "Qi" and the third one is where it becomes your conscious awareness/attention/intention, what they call "Shen".

Bruce lee demonstrating his activation of Qi during a battle in the Netflix series

This Vital Energy/Life force in its raw stage gets refined in you until it transforms into an etheric vapor.

At this point you can experience it as the Runner's High during an intense exercise, or as Frisson while being "moved" , or as the Vibrational State before an Astral Projection, or as Qi in Taoism and in Martial Arts, or as Prana in Hindu philosophy or during an ASMR session and as Chills/Goosebumps when being deeply moved.

If you have successfully released all your blocked energy from past traumas and etc., this is something that you should be able to feel on-demand, all over your body or have it originate wherever you want and for hours.

If not, be forced to only have it fizzle during encounters with positive internal/external sources such as listening to a song you really like, thinking about a lover, watching a moving movie scene, striving, feeling thankful, praising God, praying, etc.

This blissful sensation has been researched and documented under many names like Bioelectricity, Life force, Prana, Chi, Qi, Runner's High, Euphoria, ASMR, Ecstasy, Orgone, Rapture, Tension, Aura, Mana, Vayus, Nen, Intent, Tummo, Odic force, Kriyas, Pitī, Frisson, Ruah, Spiritual Energy, Secret Fire, The Tingles, on-demand quickening, Voluntary Piloerection, Aether, Chills, Spiritual Chills and many more to be discovered hopefully with your help.

Finally, here are three written tutorials to help you specifically learn how to release blocked energy from you and take control of your Vital energy/Life force for its many possibilities.

P.S. Everyone feels it at certain points in their life, some brush it off while others notice that there is something much deeper going on. Those are exactly the people you can find on r/spiritualchills where they share experiences, knowledge and tips on it.

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2024/04/13
19:50 UTC

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Is there a way apart from greyscale and minimalist launchers on how to make your phone and laptop even more unattractive and less tempting?

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2024/04/07
04:11 UTC

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OfflineDay 5-6 April

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2024/04/03
17:38 UTC

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Did you know that everything is made out of energy?

What quantum physics has found is that what we perceive as matter is actually just an ''illusion'' of energy and light. Everything that seems to be stationary is actually on an atom level moving and vibrating at different frequencies.

We perceive ourselves as physical beings, physical structures, But according to quantum physics we are most importantly energy vortices.

If you can understand that what you perceive as matter is energy and that energy is the building blocks of matter, you can then manipulate your Vital Energy to your benefit.

This "Vital Energy/Life force" is apart of everything and within you it is that extremely comfortable Euphoric wave that can most easily be recognized as present while you experience goosebumps/chills from a positive external or internal situations/stimuli such as listening to a song you really like, thinking about a lover, watching a moving movie scene, striving, feeling thankful, praising God, praying, etc.

This is what people experience as Frisson, or as the Runner's High, or as the Vibrational State before an Astral Projection, or as Qi in Taoism and in Martial Arts, or as Prana in Hindu philosophy and during an ASMR session.

It has been researched and documented under many names like Bioelectricity, Life force, Prana, Chi, Qi, Runner's High, Euphoria, ASMR, Ecstasy, Orgone, Rapture, Tension, Aura, Mana, Vayus, Nen, Intent, Tummo, Odic force, Kriyas, Pitī, Frisson, Ruah, Spiritual Energy, Secret Fire, The Tingles, on-demand quickening, Voluntary Piloerection, Aether, Chills, Spiritual Chills and many more to be discovered hopefully with your help.

In its neutral state, you unconsciously draw that energy with your breath, the foods/liquids you consume and especially the thoughts you think, the actions you do and the visual content that you watch either emits or draws in to amplify your base of this BioElectric Energy.

It was discovered that the complete conscious control of this energy can be used in many beneficial ways. Some which are more biological like controlling your temperature, activating endorphins, physical goosebumps and other incredible usages which are more spiritual/supernatural in nature.

There is so much more I can share about what you can do, how to do it and etc. with this energy but to avoid writing up a book here are three written tutorials to help you learn how to take control of it, feel it whenever you please- for hours, increase its intensity and going more in-depth about its origins and the benefits of your conscious activation of your Vital Energy.

P.S. Everyone feels it at certain points in their life, some brush it off while others notice that there is something much deeper going on. Those are exactly the people you can find on r/spiritualchills where they share experiences, knowledge and tips on it.

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2024/04/01
23:20 UTC

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Is there a Windows 10/11 app like Digital Detox: Focus & Live (for Android)?

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2024/03/31
12:55 UTC

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What if you could feel natural euphoria on demand? (VIDEO)

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2024/03/29
00:03 UTC

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Easy peasy hackbook but for Social media/tech use?

So that we use these things in moderation. Easy peasy for originally written for PMO.

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2024/03/25
13:48 UTC

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A 5-step plan to beat the silent killer of your motivation: Your phone.

  1. Go on a Digital Cleanse
  2. Implement a Phone-Free Day
  3. Adjust Your Native Phone Settings
  4. Build Physical Boundaries
  5. Practice Usage with Intention

Details below:

  1. Go on a Digital Cleanse

Apps I rarely used → Deleted

Apps I sometimes use → Move off of the home screen

Apps that are important but distracting → Logged out of + turned notifications off + daily limits with apps like Lemio

Set up your digital environment for success.

  1. Implement a Phone-Free Day

Reports show that 90% of young adults feel a "phantom vibration syndrome."

Lock away your phone once a week:

• Better sleep + rest

• Train yourself to be comfortable in peace

Break the constant craving for notifications

  1. Adjust Your Native Phone Settings

Everything on your phone is meant to keep you engaged.

Learn to reprogram it to keep you away:

• Reduce all notifications

• Time Limits + Passwords on every distracting app

• Turn on "grayscale" settings to remove vibrant colors

  1. Build Physical Boundaries

Reshape your physical location to remove touchpoints with your phone:

• Don't use your phone as an alarm clock

• Charge your phone on the kitchen counter

• Keep it in a box or drawer far away from you when doing deep work

  1. Practice Usage with Intention

For 1 week, do this:

  • Put your phone in a (lunch) box, together with a piece of paper and a pen.
  • The box will create friction to access it.
  • You can use your phone any time, but first write out your intention on paper.
  • When done, put the phone back in the box and go back to work.

Your efficiency will skyrocket.


Does anyone else have additional tips? Would love to hear what worked for you. Please add them to the comments so that the Reddit community can learn from it. Thanks


Sources:

  • Inspired by: matt_gray_

  • Remastered by: The Attention Master (Source)

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2024/03/01
14:24 UTC

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OfflineDay 1-2 March

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2024/02/29
20:08 UTC

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More Offline Activities in Free Time?

Hey everyone! I'm curious about how you all spend the 1-2 hours of free time you might have after work or school every day. I often find myself just scrolling through my phone, and before I know it, the time has slipped away.

I've thought about meeting up with friends for some offline activities, but syncing up schedules seems almost impossible. Have you experienced something similar? What would you ideally like to do with this time, and what obstacles prevent you from doing so?

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2024/02/02
22:23 UTC

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As a person who has been consistently doing only 12 hours a week (as opposed to the world average 35-40 hours) for 3 years, weeks which include 3 offline days every week, I wrote an article where I'm talking about the techniques I used for a life of consistent balance with technology

I don't post in here, but I'm honestly very passionate about this, so I have posted a couple of times in another community "Nosurf". I'm writing articles on Medium to share some content from a book I'm writing on this topic. Articles that I think will serve people here. Link below to an old-fashioned article from Medium

The techniques I have developed and am sharing in the article have been working amazingly well for me for over 3 years now (since 2021). I'm talking about a weekly 12-hour model, where online and offline days are intertwined throughout the week, are easy to implement, and don''t exclude technology from your life but integrates it in a way where you have the keys to both world without excluding the other. 3hours per day of online time for a total of 12

Article on Medium: "Now Is The Time To Find Balance With Technology (Not Later)"

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2024/01/31
22:16 UTC

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OfflineDay 2-3 February

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OfflineDay 5-6 January

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2024/01/02
19:12 UTC

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OfflineDay 1-2 December

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2023/11/30
17:42 UTC

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How I cut the screentime on my phone in half

Hey guys, just wanted to share this because this small hack really helped me a ton with the amount of time I spend on my phone.

In the past 2 years i’ve deleted Instagram, Tiktok, Facebook and pretty much every other social platform from my phone.

I didn’t delete Youtube because I really enjoy watching things like sports highlights and travel videos.

Well, just when I thought I deleted every time-wasting platform from my phone, Youtube started to push shorts heavily.

I fell back into scrolling away for hours a day.

I deleted the Youtube app from my phone so if I wanted to watch a video, i had to manually type in ‘Youtube’ in the searchbar.

It really helped a lot because it became ‘harder’ for me to do my usual habit of scrolling shorts when I was having a shower or eating.

I noticed that when I did open my phone and look up Youtube, I was still spending a lot of time watching video’s.

So here’s what I did to stop spending as much time on my phone:

I made it as unsatisfying as possible to use my phone.

I basically just set my phone’s colors to black and white, so it isn’t as nice to look at.

It made a massive difference. My screentime went from 5-6 hours a day to 2 hours, which was mainly work stuff like emails or texts.

My phone wasn’t stimulating to look at anymore. You’ll be surprised about how much this will help.

I wasn’t doing anything else than work on my phone because it isn’t really enjoyable to watch stuff in black and white.

And when I did really want to watch a video I would use my laptop. Youtube on your laptop isn’t designed to be as addictive as on your phone so I wasn’t spending a lot of time on it.

So yeah, this super super simple hack basically changed my life haha. I’m still not doing anything useless on my phone and I really notice now that I’m not watching short form content anymore, that my concentration has improved a ton.

I just don’t have to be stimulated as much anymore.

Really hope this helps you out, it would mean a lot to me if you subscribe to my newsletter, here I try to inspire people to live a more fulfilling and happy life with actionable tips just like this one.

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2023/11/29
10:43 UTC

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'Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention' by Johann Hari

This book inspired me to be offline more then anything. Highly recommended. It is not just about how social media are designed to be addictive and how author tried to be offline for a few months. It is about every angle of how we have been stolen of our precious focus. Now I read his other book about depression, that one is good as well. I have to get some other book to read soon, since I will finish this one soon, any tips on what to read next? ☺️ Did anyone here read any of his books? Good luck, people.

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2023/11/21
21:05 UTC

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Eight cognitive biases social media takes advantage of

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2023/11/19
20:29 UTC

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Social media is not about connecting with friends anymore...

I don't know if you noticed, but social media is not social anymore. In 2004, Facebook was born. It had many issues, but you couldn't say it was not focused on its social features.

Twenty years later, social media has mostly stopped being an extension of social relationships and has become the main source of mindless entertainment. Users are not "friends", they are "followers". They consume content, they don't create bonds.

I find it useful to dissect the term social media into its two components: "social" and "media" (= in the sense of entertainment). Then I can look at my own usage and at which way it skews on. If I am using too much for watching videos, and not for messaging friends, joining real-life events... I know that I have to course-correct.
(this is an extract from this post here)

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2023/11/10
20:49 UTC

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OfflineDay 3-4 November

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2023/11/02
19:58 UTC

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I wrote the ultimate guide to reduce screen time with CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)

Hi, I created it as part of a project spun from my thesis research on social media addiction. Here it is: https://dachi.substack.com/p/the-ultimate-guide-to-reduce-screen

And here is an extract from the guide:
"Most people mistake excessive social media usage as a time management problem, but actually it is mostly an emotional management one. We often use social media as a coping mechanism for uncomfortable emotions.To move forward, we need to:

  1. Uncover which emotions lead us to increased use.
  2. Be willing to sit with the discomfort, and approach it with curiosity. For example, “Why am I feeling bored?”
  3. Figure out a healthier response and do that instead of our default coping mechanism."

Link again: https://dachi.substack.com/p/the-ultimate-guide-to-reduce-screen

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2023/10/23
05:41 UTC

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I made a screen-time limiting app and would love you to try it

Hello all, I am a fellow enthusiast for helping promote spending more time offline. I just brought my android launcher (app) into a beta testing phase and thought you all might like to hear about it! It’s a minimalist-style launcher to help reduce screentime/distractions.

The homescreen includes notifications and a few app shortcuts. There is a hidden app drawer where you can hide any apps you don’t want to see. This is the basic interface of a full phone OS I am releasing soon.

I am looking for people to try out the launcher and provide freedback via DMs or Survey so I can add/change features to make something really great to use!

Reply here or message me if you want to try it!

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2023/10/09
15:34 UTC

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OfflineDay 6-7 October

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2023/10/05
19:06 UTC

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Weekly Challenge for September 3rd- September 9th

I wanted to return to weekly challenges for this subreddit! Thank you to u/Facepalmed for your weekly challenges from earlier this year! I hope you are doing well and wanted to pick up some challenges to make for September!*This week's challenge is simple- connect with nature!*Here are some ideas to consider for having tiny offline moments this week:

✨ When you go out into nature, turn any electronics on "Don't Disturb" or "Personal Mode" for small walks or a cool evening picnic✨ It doesn't have to be fancy! Is there a park nearby? Find a safe space to reconnect with nature and just enjoy the breeze, sunshine, or even a book!✨ When you return home from being in nature, I highly recommend this YouTube channel, to space out from reality a little longer and to just have that space between the outside world and our individual worlds.

Stock photo: İsra Nilgün Özkan via Pexels

P.S. This idea came from doing the offline challenge for the past 24 hours! I forgot how helpful taking a break from online presence allows me to show up for myself first before returning to making content and connecting with others online. 💖

https://preview.redd.it/n1783zsz6zlb1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=0e2a0cfd871fee2cae0a4f7f0ec6e988ad5f1287

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2023/09/03
05:22 UTC

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OfflineDay 1-2 September

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2023/08/31
08:54 UTC

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OfflineDay 4-5 August

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2023/07/31
08:07 UTC

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Weekly Challenge

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2023/07/12
16:28 UTC

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Prepare for the Next Offline Day with Intenty app

Hey r/OfflineDay,

As a fellow screen-time skeptic, I've built a small Android app named "Intenty". This app nudges you to state your purpose each time you unlock your phone, helping cultivate mindful tech habits.

With our next Offline Day coming up this Friday, I believe "Intenty" can be a great tool to help us reduce unnecessary phone usage and truly embrace the spirit of being offline.

You can find it on the Play Store if you're curious. All feedback is welcome - we're on this journey together!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.actureunlock

Stay mindful,

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2023/07/04
21:50 UTC

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