Choose your not-to-do list
Select the apps you want to pause.
WHY FAST FROM
Your not-to-do list.
Digital fasting means taking a break from the apps that fill your time. Choose what to pause, set the length of the fast, and focus on what matters.
HOW FAST FROM BEGAN
It started with a very long to-do list.
My to-do list was stupidly long. God got me thinking about a “not-to-do list” and said, “Why don’t you take a break from your to-do list and just not do for a while?”
My own phone use is light. Social media is absent from my day, and putting the phone away comes easily. Then God said the not-to-do list was for everyone: make one that anyone on Earth could use.
Fast From is what emerged.
THE RHYTHM
Fast. Reflect. Repeat.
Phones can fill the day from the first check in the morning to the last one before nighty-night. We can be pulled in many directions by FOMO, boredom, habit, work messages, email, games, news, or social feeds. Sometimes the soul—our mind, will, and emotions—needs a break.
A digital fast gives that activity a clear beginning and end. Pause one app, a group of apps, or every app on your not-to-do list. Fast From stays available so you can see the timer and reach fast options when needed.
The belief behind Fast From is that people are equipped to step away and make space, even if they have not realized it yet. Fast From helps put that into practice: select the apps, set the time, define why if you want to, complete the fast, reflect if you want to, then repeat, schedule, or extend.
Set the time
Pick when it starts and how long it lasts.
Define your why. If you want to.
Record the reason behind the fast.
Let the fast run
The selected apps stay paused until it ends.
Reflect. If you want to.
Record whether it helped you achieve your hope and use what you learned next time.
Decide what comes next
Repeat it, create a recurring schedule, or extend it when you want more time.
OPTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY
Invite someone you trust into the commitment.
Accountability is available when you want another person involved. Before the fast starts, hand the device to a trusted friend, parent, spouse, or another person you choose. They create a six-digit code and keep it private.
Ending it early requires the code. Your accountability partner can enter it on the device or share it with you when they decide.
IN THE SPACE YOU MAKE
Be present.
Reflection
Think, write, read, or simply sit in quiet.
Community
Connect with family, friends, neighbors, and the people around you.
Movement and nature
Take a walk, hit the gym, stretch, or spend time in nature.
FAST FROM…
Put something on your not-to-do list.
Try Fast From through Apple TestFlight.