Put down your phone. Look up.
Tech Cleanse™ is a short, friendly book and a simple practice: ten days of small, doable steps that loosen your phone's grip, without asking you to give it up.
No app to download. No account. Your progress stays on your device.
Cleanse™
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“People have been looking down since the beginning of time, but this is different. Now, people look down and don’t look back up for minutes on end.”
Jesse Seaver loves technology. He built his first computer at fourteen and has spent a career building websites, apps, and start-ups. That is exactly why this book is not a lecture. It is an honest, often funny look at how screen-locked we have become, plus a practical plan for finding balance again.
Like a juice cleanse, but for your attention.
A food cleanse cuts something out so your body can focus elsewhere. Tech Cleanse trims screen time so you get time back for the things you keep meaning to do. Each day adds one small habit on top of the last.
Gentle, not extreme
You keep your phone. You still answer your boss. You just stop letting every ping decide where your attention goes.
Ten small steps
Tidy your home screen. Put email and messages on a schedule. Step back from feeds. Silence notifications. Then add analog joys back in.
More life, not less tech
Write a letter. Keep a journal. Ask a stranger for directions. Stack phones at dinner. Notice who is right in front of you.
If you’ve ever patted your pocket in a small panic…
The always-reachable
You feel you owe everyone an instant reply, and it is wearing you out.
The “just one more scroll” crowd
You open your phone to check the time and look up twenty minutes later.
Families and friends
You want dinners, trips, and Sunday mornings to feel like being together again.
Teams and organizations
You want a healthier, more focused culture. See talks & workshops.
- 1
Tune Up & Schedule Email
- 2
Message Moderation
- 3
Social Media Distance
- 4
Notifications Off & App Limits
- 5
Write a Letter
- 6
Get a Journal
- 7
No Map, Say Hello
- 8
Unplug Together
- 9
Trade Screen Time for a Skill
- 10
Re-Entry
Do the cleanse, not just read about it.
Screen-time check-up
Twelve honest questions, a result, and which days of the cleanse will help you most.
2 minutes →10-day planner
Day-by-day steps, daily check-ins, streaks, and private notes.
start today →Unplugged idea jar
Bored without your phone? Pull an idea: read, paint, knit, play outside…
shake the jar →Pledge card
Make your commitment official. Print it, or save it as an image.
sign it →Offline timer
Set it, put the phone face-down, and do one analog thing until it chimes.
focus →Bring it to your people
Talks, phone-free unconferences, and walking workshops for teams and events.
book Jesse →Free to start. Pay what it was worth.
The cleanse and every tool here cost nothing to use. When your ten days are done, if it helped, you’re welcome to chip in whatever it felt worth to you. Any amount is OK, including nothing at all.
no pressure, ever
A short, occasional letter. Never a feed.
Launch news, new unplugged ideas, and event dates. A few emails a season, and you can unsubscribe any time.
Ready when you are.
Read the book on Kindle, then start Day 1 here. Or start today and read along.