2 Hours Unplugged Unplug & Reconnect: The Next 90 Days to a Glass Half Full Lifestyle

2nd Edition Updated for 2026

By: Chris Edwards

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

2 Hours Unplugged: Unplug & Reconnect
The Next 90 Days to a Glass Half Full Lifestyle — Second Edition 2026

Put the phone down. Reclaim your life. Two hours a day is all it takes.

When 2 Hours Unplugged launched as a #1 New Release on Amazon in the Information Theory category, readers recognized something they had felt but never named: the slow, quiet theft of their attention, their relationships, and their inner peace by the device in their pocket. That was 2019. The world has changed — and so has this book.

The second edition has been expanded and updated for the realities of the mid-2020s, tackling Artificial Intelligence, doom-scrolling, short-form video addiction, and the always-on workplace culture that has quietly erased the boundary between professional obligation and personal life.

What's New in the Second Edition

• Artificial Intelligence & Human Connection — How AI assistants and always-on digital tools are creating new barriers to genuine human presence, and what to do about it.
• The Science of Disconnecting — New research on what unplugging does to your brain, your cortisol levels, your sleep, and your relationships. Not opinion. Biology.
• Doom-Scrolling & the Attention Economy — Why apps are engineered to keep you hooked, mirroring the psychology of gambling addiction.
• Short-Form Video & Shrinking Attention Spans — What TikTok, Reels, and Shorts are doing to our capacity for patience and sustained human presence.
• The Always-On Workplace — How remote work culture has blurred every boundary between work and life — and how to reclaim your time without guilt.

The Proven 3-Step Framework

• Step 1 — Morning & Evening Reflection (30 minutes): Begin and end each day with fifteen minutes of positive affirmation and journaling, phone away, mind fully present.
• Step 2 — The Meal-Time Challenge (up to 60 minutes): Share a phone-free meal at least five times per week. Rediscover what it means to be fully present with the people you love.
• Step 3 — Get Active, Get Creative (30 minutes): Walk, garden, cook, draw, write, build something. Reclaim the creative and physical life that screen culture has quietly suppressed.

90 Days of Daily Affirmations — Ready to Use

A complete 90-day guided journal with daily affirmations from Rumi, Carl Jung, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gandhi, the Dalai Lama, Marcus Aurelius, and more — each paired with four structured prompts anchoring your morning reflection, meal-time connection, activity period, and evening review. No experience required. No perfection expected. Just ninety days of showing up for yourself.

This Book Is For You If:

• You check your phone within minutes of waking — and again before you fall asleep
• You have shared a meal with someone you love while both of you stared at separate screens
• You feel genuinely anxious when your phone battery runs low
• You cannot remember the last time you were bored — and completely okay with it
• You sense that something important is being lost and aren't sure how to get it back

2 Hours Unplugged:Second Edition is part of the Glass Half Full Lifestyle series by Chris Edwards, whose releases have ranked in Amazon's Top 100 in Self-Esteem Self-Help and Self-Help Short Reads.

Two hours a day. Starting today.