--- description: The actress offers advice on stepping away from it all title: Megan Mullally's 15 Ways to Digitally Detox image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a0eeb77ab61d191/698778f85f570f9b89b1495d/megan-mullally.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Megan Mullally's 15 Ways to Digitally Detox by [Real Simple](/author/real-simple/) ## Real Simple Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 8, 2015 9:18 PM CUT  Actress Megan Mullally on the Tonight Show on Dec. 12, 2014. Actress Megan Mullally on the Tonight Show on Dec. 12, 2014.NBC—Getty Images by [Real Simple](/author/real-simple/) ## Real Simple Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 8, 2015 9:18 PM CUT **1.** Throw your phone in the toilet. Put the toilet in the trash. Leave the house. Burn the house down. **2.** Buy the new Digital D-Tox app off iTunes or Google Play. Oh, wait. Maybe that’s a terrible idea. **3.** Stop sexting and start actually having sex. It may seem weird at first, but it should all come back to you. **4.** Feed your hands to a wild animal. **5.** Tell a close friend to spray mace in your face every time you check your phone. Eventually, you will associate the pain with technology. Or with your friend. So let’s give this one a 50-50 chance of success. **6.** Become Amish. **7.** Build a time machine. Go back to the Ice Age. Become part of a Neanderthal family. Settle down. Destroy time machine. **8.** Buy 1,000 Taco Bell Burrito Supremes. Never stop eating them. **9.** Punch a cop in the face. Go to jail. Good luck getting on the Internet now, idiot! **10.** Glue your iPad to your butt. Or, better yet, to a stranger’s butt. **11.** Make a rule that before you do _anything_ technological, you have to explain how Twitter and Foursquare work to your parents. Yeah. That should do it. **12.** Try to remember that before there was an Internet filled with adorable kitten pictures and videos, there was an actual world filled with adorable kittens. **13.** Go to sleep. Don’t wake up until after the Rapture. **14.** Start a zombie apocalypse. **15.** Destroy all technology. Because if Mama can’t check her e-mail, ain’t nobody can check their e-mail. _This_ [_article_](http://www.realsimple.com/work-life/technology/communication-etiquette/digital-detox "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_RealSimple.com_](http://www.realsimple.com/ "undefined")_._ _More from Real Simple:_ * [6 Ways Your Phone is Hurting Your Health and Happiness](http://www.realsimple.com/health/preventative-health/phone-hurting-health?xid=time-rs-010815 "undefined") * [7 Hacks to Help Your Body Cope With Winter](http://www.realsimple.com/health/preventative-health/help-your-body-cope-with-winter%20?xid=time-rs-010815 "undefined") * [5 Ways to Make the Most of a Slow Week at Work](http://www.realsimple.com/work-life/life-strategies/job-career/work-productivity-tips?xid=time-rs-010815 "undefined") _Read next:_ [_These Are the Newly Confirmed Guest Stars Headed to Parks and Recreation_](http://time.com/3656724/anderson-taccone-parks/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3660284/megan-mullally-digital-detox/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3660284/megan-mullally-digital-detox/"},"headline":"Megan Mullally's 15 Ways to Digitally Detox","datePublished":"2015-01-08T21:18:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:33.669Z","description":"The actress offers advice on stepping away from it all","url":"https://time.com/3660284/megan-mullally-digital-detox/","keywords":["Living","Technology","Humor","advice"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a0eeb77ab61d191/698778f85f570f9b89b1495d/megan-mullally.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Real Simple","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/real-simple/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a0eeb77ab61d191/698778f85f570f9b89b1495d/megan-mullally.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actress Megan Mullally on the Tonight Show on Dec. 12, 2014.","caption":"Actress Megan Mullally on the Tonight Show on Dec. 12, 2014.","creditText":"NBC—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3660284/megan-mullally-digital-detox/","name":"Megan Mullally's 15 Ways to Digitally Detox"}}]}] ```