This is the sound of the Colorado River near Arches National Park in Utah and I recorded

this on my vacation a couple weeks ago.

It was around 104 degrees and you can hear some sweaty but really happy birds chirping.

And yes I used my phone on vacation but I did it for a good reason.

I made this little audio note to remind me of a moment when I felt so good and relaxed.

And I wanted to share it with you to get you in the right mind frame for a quick and easy

plan for detaching from your phone on your vacation or whenever you wish you were on vacation.

Get ready for the board and brilliant boot camp.

Dad! Listen up here recruits. You take those phones and you put them in your pockets right now.

Because what we have here is a failure to communicate. It's time to get bored.

From WNYC I'm a new summer Odie and this is Note to Self.

I'm using the phone anywhere from 2 to 4 hours a day.

I want to ruffle back my time.

The show where you and I find balance in the digital age.

I unlock the screen at average 65 times a day.

I don't think I've ever been inspired to write a poem in my life let alone on my commute.

And figure out how to manage modern life.

Our board and brilliant project was a week of challenges that pushed us to rethink our

relationship with our phones and jumpstart our creativity.

Tens of thousands of you did it with me a few months back and you told me that it fundamentally changed you.

Thank you for opening my line to the fact that it's feasible to get out of this cycle of checking messages and it doesn't feel too bad.

Doing that challenge maybe really reevaluate how much I take out my phone, how much I use my camera and also maybe reevaluate.

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