Everyone could use a break from social media every now and then. A yogurt company is offering to pay $10,000 to participants who are able to complete a monthlong “digital detox” with their phones locked in a box.
Siggi’s Dairy, an Icelandic-style yogurt company, is offering $10,000 to participants willing to give up their phones for an entire month. The program was inspired by “Dry January” and was accepting applications up until January 31, 2024.
The ten people selected for the program will have to keep their smartphones secured for one month in a lockbox provided by Siggi’s. “We believe in the power of living a simpler life with fewer distractions. One of the biggest distractions in our lives today is our phone. In fact, the average person spends 5.4 hours on their phones each day,” the company said.
Anyone who completes the program will receive $10,000, a phone lockbox, a “good ol’ fashioned flip phone” with a one-month prepaid SIM card and a three-month supply of Siggi’s yogurt. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal for a break from the online world.