{"id":688647,"date":"2026-01-11T09:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/688647\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T09:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:53:10","slug":"i-dont-have-instagram-how-being-offline-became-the-new-status-symbol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/688647\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I don\u2019t have Instagram&#8217;: how being offline became the new status symbol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The one per cent, of all ages, are already steps ahead. As depicted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/culture\/tvfilm\/the-white-lotus-season-3-stars-react-finale-b1221338.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The White Lotus\u2019s third season<\/a>, guests arriving on the island of Koh Samui were required to hand over their phones. Digital detoxing is now heavily encouraged at most high-end spas, wellness writer Madeleine Spencer says. \u201cBeing offline is absolutely important within wellness circles. It suggests the rest of life has been managed well, and that time has been ring-fenced for rest. At places like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/lifestyle\/mayrlife-detox-review-stress-burnout-chewing-b1102163.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayrlife <\/a>in Austria, phones aren\u2019t allowed in the dining room or spa,\u201d she says. \u201cAt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/lifestyle\/travel\/lanserhof-sylt-detox-retreat-germany-review-b1238745.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lanserhof Sylt<\/a>, guests are prescribed tech-free walks, with no music, no calls, to focus on their surroundings.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The one per cent, of all ages, are already steps ahead. As depicted in The White Lotus\u2019s third&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[11305,459,8029,182,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-688647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-digital-detox","9":"tag-instagram","10":"tag-iphones","11":"tag-social-media","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115875860052959764","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}