What to Do With 3 Hours a Day Back
Cut your screen time and there's suddenly a gap. Offline ideas for 10 minutes, an hour, an evening or a whole day, best done with friends cutting down too.
Cut your screen time, and suddenly there’s a gap. If you don’t fill it with something better, your thumb will fill it for you. Here are ideas, from 10 minutes to a whole afternoon.
10 minutes
- Walk round the block with no headphones.
- Call someone instead of texting.
- Stretch, make a proper tea, read a few pages.
1 hour
- Cook something new with a flatmate.
- Join a parkrun or a local running club.
- Go to a free museum or gallery. London and NYC have loads.
- Board games. Bring back the classics.
An evening
- Climbing, bouldering, five-a-side, a pottery class.
- A supper club or a comedy night.
- Volunteer. Local food banks and community gardens always need people.
A whole day
- A day trip somewhere you’ve never been.
- A phone-free day with friends.
- Learn something properly: a workshop, a course, a new skill.
Do it with the people you’re cutting down with
The best replacement for scrolling is the people you’d otherwise be scrolling next to. On Snitch, groups that hit their screen time goals unlock rewards for things to do offline together.
Start with one
Pick one idea for this week. Put it in the calendar. Tell a friend.