If it’s an emergency they will be able to contact you somehow. They can leave an urgent message contact a friend neighbor other family member. That was how we did it in the “Olden” days before cell phones. I miss those days. Puck 1 Day a weekend to turn your phone off fro 8-5. No cheating. The relief and calm you feel is invigorating. Release yourself. Be free. Cut the ties that bind you to technology
I will keep my do not disturb mode enabled at night, with the exception of certain family members who will be able to get through to me regardless (setting on my iPhone, allows emergency bypass).
I will not be disconnected forever they can leave me a voicemail or a text, I will also let people times I usually disconnect me phone so they know it’s hard to get me during these hours
Before the times of mobile phones we survived as well. My take is: if something really bad happened nothing will change if your phone is off line for some time. If nothing really bad happened it doesn’t matter anyhow.
You can tell the family memeber about why you do this. Tell them it’s important to you that you disconnect at this time on this day and hopefully they will be understanding of your lifestyle.
So for my phone I have “Do Not Disturb” on every day. The only exception is my favorites in my contacts, which is my family. I prefer that way so in case they need to reach me, I can answer the phone.
A lot of phones have settings you can add to silence incoming calls/messages, but allow those from certain people. On iPhones you can enable “Do not disturb” mode but allow calls from your favorites. I often use that feature when I wanna tune things out for a while and I can do it without stressing because I know my family can reach me if needed. Alternately you can give your family members another number like a home phone if you have one that they can try in case of an emergency.
I would put my phone on do not disturb, but allow the “favorites” on your phone to be able to call you during that time. You can go to settings on your phone to set that up!
My trick is to put my phone out of my reach or out of the room. I focus on clearing my mind and recognize that I’m not at fault if I miss an important text. Self-care is full of sacrifices.
You should add him/her to your preferred contacts and then switch the phone to “do not disturb” instead of airplane mode. If I remember correctly, if the try to call you twice within 5 minutes, the second time your phone should ring. It only works with your preferred contacts
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