At the beginning of the Lenten season, Peco and I extended an invitation to our readers to join in a “Communal Digital Fast” and shift focus onto feasting on the Real. We compiled a visual guide to “Random Acts of Anachronism”1 and encouraged participants to make use of Simple Acts of Sanity: A Seed Catalogue in preparing for the fast.
We had a tremendous response, with individuals, families, and even whole communities committing to join in this endeavour.
With the passing of Lent2 our “Communal Digital Fast” has come to an end, and Peco and I would like to invite you to share your experiences:
What was your experience?
What practices worked for you? Did you discover any new strategies?
What was your biggest struggle?
What did not work?
Going forward, are you planning on continuing any of your digital fasting practices?
Peco and I will compile your responses into a follow-up post in the coming weeks. There are four ways that you can contribute:
If you have your own Substack, consider writing a post about your experience which we can link in our article. For inspiration see our collection of “Cognitive Liberators of Substack” including posts by
, , , , among others.Add your refelctions in the comments section.
If you prefer to offer your response anonymously, you can send an e-mail message to schooloftheunconformed@proton.me.
If you have photos that you would like to share, please post them to this Note.
Also, if you have already shared some helpful strategies such as the ones below by
and , please send them along!Last year, when
was just getting started, a smaller group of participants joined in a month-long digital fast. You can read the full article detailing participants’ experiences here:We would like to thank especially our paying subscribers for their generous support -Thank you for making our work possible!
If you are currently a free subscriber, we are happy to have you along and hope that our work offers you encouragement and practical guidance in an age of upheaval. If you would like to support our work consider becoming a paid subscriber, or simply show your appreciation with a like, restack, or share.
You can find the guide in Part II of the post.
For those participants who are Orthodox and still in the middle of Lent, we’d love to hear about your experience so far.