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Sourced from NPR Mansee Khurana for LifeKit | June 11, 2022 5:57 AM ET

Sophia from the Golden Girls putting on headphones

Picture this.

New York City. the year was two thousand twenty two…

A mother and her young daughter are on their way to the park when suddenly the mother stopped. Patting her pockets frantically, she turns to her daughter and says, "Sweetie, we have to go back to the car. I forgot my phone."

Already beelining toward the swings, her daughter turned to her mom and said, "Why?"

The daughter most likely had grown up around smartphones and iPads and yet didn't see the point in having them at this moment. The mom explained that she wanted to keep an eye on the time, and while her daughter couldn't understand why that was more important than being next in line for the swings, she eventually followed her back to their car.

NPR’s LifeKit used that witnessed moment to compile a dandy list of helpful tips to avoid such moments and help people learn to live in and embrace each moment.

 
Clip art graphic collage of masked woman running on a grass path emanating from a laptop screen.

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Toggle the tabs for our favorite most reasonable/most interesting and/or challenging tips.

 
 
 
comic strip about how to live a more analog life

Even more tips on analog living. Comic strip style.

by MALAKA GHARIB and MANSEE KHURANA

The world has changed a lot since everything went online. (People used to ask for directions!) If you ever feel nostalgic for the pre-internet era (or wonder what it was like), Pamela Paul, author of 100 Things We've Lost To The Internet, reveals a few ways you can reconnect with an analog way of life.

This comic was written and illustrated by Malaka Gharib and was inspired by Life Kit's episode on the topic.

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