Commentary: A digital diet: Can you go without your smartphone for 24 hours?
My husband and I did an experiment several years ago that sounds simple, but changed our lives. It began like this: As we sat down for dinner on a Friday night, I lighted a candle, we each took a deep breath - and we turned our phones off.
Not airplane mode. Not "Do Not Disturb." All the way off. For the next 24 hours, we observed what's often called a digital Sabbath: We completely disconnected from screens,
