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50 Things To Do Without Your Phone

When you find yourself in the horrible circumstance of not having a phone, surprisingly, there are things you can do without having the device glued to your hand.

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As Millennials, even the thought of not having our phone on us is the scariest thing imaginable. Even when our eyes are bloodshot and our head is pounding, we will never stop scrolling on Instagram or keeping up with our Snapchat streaks. Bored? Tweet about your day. Hungry? Watch a mukbang on YouTube. Can't sleep? Good thing our phones have a night shift mode. But what happens when you're phone dies and you don't have a phone charger? No, surprisingly it's not the end of the world, but instead, a rare opportunity for us to let go of the technology and start doing things that matter:

1. Write in a journal

2. Clean your room

3. Help make dinner

4. Read a book

5. Take a walk

6. Play with your pets

7. Paint a picture

8. Learn how to French braid

9. Write a story

10. Get lunch with a friend

11. Take a drive

12. Try different makeup looks

13. Bake cookies

14. Take a bubble bath

15. Go bowling

16. Make slime

17. Play tic-tac-toe

18. Ask your parents how they met

19. Dye your hair

20. Make a YouTube video

21. Learn how to play an instrument

22. Visit your grandparents

23. Go see a movie

24. Play in the rain

25. Clean your white sneakers

26. Make a smoothie

27. Fly a kite

28. Paint your nails

29. Go to the mall

30. Play solitaire

31. Think of Halloween costumes

32. Take BuzzFeed quizzes

33. Straighten your hair

34. Meditate

35. Jump rope

36. Write a song

37. Decorate your room

38. Make your Christmas list

39. Do laundry

40. Go to Build-a-Bear

41. Clean your makeup brushes

42. Make a playlist

43. Ask your parents why they named you what they did

44. Go for a bike ride

45. Make origami

46. Detangle all of your cords

47. Organize your sock drawer

48. Find new music

49. Plan a trip

And finally,

50. Charge your phone so you never have to do any of these things again.

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