Five days without my phone felt like heaven – but here's what I wish I'd done before I logged back on

As we head into a new year, many of us have reduced screentime on our resolutions list. Last year, Nicole Glennon did a digital detox – she shares her main takeaways

'Leaving the phone in a locked drawer, I felt fully free of it after the initial day or two, and by the end of the week, it felt as though my brain had been unbroken'

Recently, I locked my phone in a drawer and didn’t take it out for five days.

It was one of the best things I ever did.