The Great Unplug : How Everyday Adults Are Trading Endless Scrolling for Real Hobbies, Real Friends, and a Life Worth Looking Up For
Overview
Your phone promised to connect you to everything. So why do you feel so scattered, tired, and alone?
Across the country, people are quietly logging off. Searches for "how to digital detox" have surged, run clubs and walking groups are booming, and adults are rediscovering mahjong, knitting, game nights, and dinner parties. This is the Great Unplug, and this book shows you how to join it.
Drawing on research about attention, habits, and human connection, The Great Unplug explains how apps are designed to capture your attention and what constant connection really costs your focus, sleep, mood, and relationships. Then it gives you a practical path forward:
- A simple audit to see where your time and attention actually go
- Step-by-step settings to build a calmer, less distracting phone
- A 30-day reset plan, plus habit strategies that last
- Ideas for outdoor time, hands-on hobbies, games, and play
- A research-based guide to making friends as an adult and hosting gatherings
This isn't an anti-technology book, and it won't ask you to throw your phone away. It's a hopeful, realistic guide to building a life so full that you stop reaching for the screen.
Put the phone down. Look up. Your life is waiting.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9789699698484
- ISBN-10: 9699698489
- Publisher: Rk Books Publication
- Publish Date: October 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.94 pounds
- Page Count: 140
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