31 days. One Hour OFF a day.
And quite possibly a far more interesting October.
Říjen jinak — October, differently — is a shared 31-day experiment with one simple foundation: every day, carve out an Hour OFF — 60 minutes in one piece without actively using screens. Every day. All through October.
You don't have to delete Instagram. You don't have to buy a dumbphone. And nobody is going to explain to you that technology is evil.
A book. Movement. A trip. People. Cooking. That project of yours. Or simply an hour in which you don't have to do anything productive at all.
We set up the conditions, give you a frame, inspiration and a shared month in which you actually give it a go.
Říjen jinak. The first year. CZK 349.
Sign-ups close 30 September
The phone can wait. Life can't.
Four weeks.
Four small experiments.
Every week you get a new OFF.line Letter by email, with a theme, one main challenge and a few optional Side Quests.
- 01weekNotice
Pay attention to when and why screens take up more of your day than you want.
- 02weekExplore
Try something new, or go back to the things you keep putting off.
- 03weekConnect
Give part of your Hour OFF to the people around you.
- 04weekCreate
Stop consuming what others made for a while — and make something of your own.
What do you get for CZK 349?
Sure — an Hour OFF costs you nothing. Just like it costs nothing to start running, open that half-read book or finally text a friend.
The price isn't for us telling you to put your phone down. It covers a whole month, prepared:
- Starting Map
A short opening questionnaire that shows you when screens take up more space than you want — and what you'd rather give that space to during October.
- My October
Your own space for getting ready and for the whole month. Hour OFF, inspiration, the tracker and everything that matters in one place, in our members' section on the site.
- The OFF Catalogue
Inspiration for the moments when you have a free hour… and no idea what to do with it.
- 31-day tracker
All of October on a single page.
A simple PDF sheet where you tick off your Hours OFF. No extra app, no statistics, no streaks.
- 5× OFF.line Letter
A new nudge every week.
They take you through Notice → Explore → Connect → Create. Each one carries the main challenge, Side Quests and inspiration for the week ahead.
- The community
If you want it. The programme works just as well without it.
- 🌲 17 OctOFF.line hike in Kokořínsko
- ☕ 31 OctClosing get-together at Vyšehrad
Both events are optional and carry no extra charge for participants. Capacity is limited, though, so a place isn't automatically guaranteed. Participants of Říjen jinak get to sign up first, before we open it to everyone else. You can still do the programme in full without coming to either event.
CZK 349 is no magic motivation.
It's a ready-made frame, a shared month and a small commitment to yourself that this time you really will give it a go.
This is the very first Říjen jinak.
We're Verča and Patrik and we make OFF.line. We organise group hikes, film our trips and look for more reasons to put the phone down and actually go do something.
We're not experts on the “right way to use technology”. We have our own list of things for “someday” too, and we also end up on the twentieth Reel sometimes. 😄
Which is exactly why we decided to try this October a little differently. Together.
What will your Říjen jinak look like?
From signing up to the last day of October.
- 1
You start with the Starting Map
A quick look at when screens take your attention most often, and what you'd rather give that space to during October.
- 2
Before the start you get your October ready
You check your screen time, work out where the Hour OFF fits best into your day, and pick three things for October:
- one book
- one activity
- one thing you keep putting off
- 3
We begin
1 OctEvery day you try to carve out 60 minutes in one piece without screens. Every Thursday an OFF.line Letter arrives with a new theme, a main challenge, small tasks and inspiration.
- 4
Join us on the hike
17 OctIf you want to, you get first pick of places on the OFF.line hike in Kokořínsko. It isn't compulsory — Říjen jinak works exactly the same without it.
- 5
We close it together 💛
31 OctA closing walk and a get-together at Vyšehrad in Prague. You can curl up with a book in the chill zone, make something, or lend a hand in the community garden.
And what will be there at the end?
Hard to say. And that's sort of the point. 😄
Maybe you'll have finished a book, collected a few new experiences, or spent more time with the people you love. Maybe you'll meet some good new people.
Maybe you'll find that the Hour OFF is much harder than it sounded at the start.
And maybe you'll also find that you want to switch on Do Not Disturb more often, leave your phone in another room, or guard some evenings a little more.
And that's exactly what we're curious to find out with you :)
Imagine it's 1 November
What do you want to remember this October for?
You don't have to stop using your phone. You don't have to have 31 perfect days. You don't have to change your whole life.
You can just decide, for one month, a little differently what you give your time to.
The first Říjen jinak. Come and be part of it.
1–31 October 2026 · sign-ups close 30 September
The phone can wait. Life can't.