How it began.

One Room started with a LinkedIn post. In early 2026, author and entrepreneur Dan Kieran shared how transformative he'd found the simple act of keeping his phone in one room of his home.

He connected with publisher Ric Stockfis, who'd seen the post and found the practice similarly life-changing.

Having evangelised to our friends and family, we wanted to encourage more people to adopt the same approach. And so One Room was born.

This isn't a new concept. Readers of Dan's post pointed out that Cal Newport — godfather of all things related to reclaiming your attention in the digital age — wrote about a similar idea back in 2019. But the fact that neither of us had come across it before suggests it's worth sharing more widely.