 The account director has returned as one of a growing number of people who are singing the praises for off-the-grid, digital detox holidays and how they can give you a whole new perspective. "With no internet and very little electricity, I was able to finally go completely off grid and immerse myself in every single experience that was offered to me, without worrying about what was going on in the office," Ellie told The Mirror. "The first couple of day I'd look at my phone expecting something to happen, but then you're thrown into these experiences. I got to really immerse myself in the trip." In recent years digital detox holidays have grown massively in popularity, seemingly as increasingly numbers of people start questioning their phone and computer usage. Sign up to the Mirror's travel newsletter for holiday inspiration During the pandemic when many people were working from home and the boundaries between work and leisure became blurred, the sounds of Slack and email alerts filling living rooms acr){kind=link}
Ellie Twigger decided to go on a WeRoad holiday to Cuba, having suffered from burnout by working hard and saving for a mortgage in her job as an account director
A self-confessed workaholic who was grinding herself towards a burnout has found a fresh perspective on life after ditching her phone on holiday.
Ellie Twigger has managed to snap out of a phone and work email addiction after she was pushing herself to save up enough to buy a house.
The 29-year-old eventually decided to go on holiday having been urged to do so by her boss, and swapped working deep into the evening and emailing from the poolside on previous breaks for an immersive 11-day trip to Cuba.
During that time she was almost completely computer and phone free, due to the very limited internet connection in the country and near non-existent electricity supplies following Hurricane Ian.