Dwelling: Ten Practices for a Life Lived Offline

When you put the phone down, what do you do instead? Ten hands-on practices for a slower, more attentive life.

We all know the feeling: phone down, and no idea what to do next.

Cooking from scratch, bread baking, gardening, mending, reading deeply, writing letters, shooting film, cooking for others, walking without a destination, and making music—ten practices, each one an argument for paying attention. Each chapter opens in scene, traces the cultural and psychological roots of what we’ve lo...