Winter · Slow living
The cabin rule: no screens after sunset
One week, one rule, and evenings that felt twice as long.
By Mats Aalto · 6 min read
We rented a cabin for a week in January with one rule: after sunset, and that meant around 3:30 pm, every screen went in a drawer.
The first two evenings were restless. By day four, something shifted. We cooked slowly, played cards, read whole books and went to bed early without meaning to.
The best souvenir we've ever brought back.
We're home now, and the drawer rule has survived in a softer form: no screens after dinner, three nights a week. It's the best souvenir we've ever brought back.
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