Challenge 37 · 14 days
Put the Phone Away
Be more present. Live more fully.
“You have my attention.”
Why this challenge
Attention is one of the clearest forms of respect.
This challenge takes everything you have learned about focus and turns it into a social skill: being fully present with another person instead of physically being there while mentally somewhere else.
What you do
During one meaningful conversation each day, put your phone completely away.
No checking it.
No holding it.
No glancing at notifications.
Give one person your entire attention.
Before you begin
Less scrolling. More living.
Keywords
- You have my attention.
- Small steps. Big freedom.
The point
- During one meaningful conversation each day, put your phone completely away.
- No checking it.
- No holding it.
- No glancing at notifications.
- Place your phone out of sight. Look at the person. Listen without planning your response.
Your record
Where this stands
The tracker is the record. Writing on a day checks that day in. Mark the challenge completed when you finished it, or not continuing when you are done with it. Those marks are the review on your map. The lines under a day are here for whatever you want to say.
14 days
14 days. Open a day to write it. Writing checks that day in.
Day 1
In your own words
This space is here for the day the other lines do not fit. Write it the way you would say it. Add a picture if that is closer. It stays with this day, and it stays on your map.