#1 - You have to make taking a break from it, 1 day a week a priority. “There’s power in the pause. Setting down the god of technology and living unplugged often, brings back the beauty of life.” Taking a break from technology regularly gives your mind and body a chance to recover and rejuvenate itself. It helps to fight stress and gives you an opportunity to sit back, relax, and have the chance to watch a beautiful sunset, take a … [Read more...]
We are definitely at that time of year where expensive high-tech gadgets and the coolest technology brands define the Christmas gift-giving experience. Whether you do your shopping online or in a brick and mortar store, technology is right at the forefront when it comes to the gift of choice for many consumers at Christmas time. You hear it, you see its cool features and the functional attractiveness it offers to your daily life and you just … [Read more...]
Technology makes the tiniest windows of time entertaining, and productive. Especially now with smartphones, tablets and iPads, the mobile computers of the world, there is this incessant need to take advantage of every little gap in time when it presents itself and so we fill the time watching videos, taking pictures, tweeting, checking and updating Facebook statuses, listening to music or podcasts or playing with our phone apps. I refer to … [Read more...]
Make the decision to get technology out of your bedroom! Declare it a tech-free zone. Your alarm clock is fine, but get the TV, Laptops, iPhones, iPods, game consoles and any other technology out. If you can’t seem to achieve getting it out of your bedroom, then turn the technology and lights off when it is time to go to sleep so your body and mind can get a well-rested night of sleep. By doing this, you might be surprised at just how great … [Read more...]
No matter how great I think I am on any given day with taming my technology habits, I am clearly aware of this...there’s always room for improvement. From the time I wake up, to the time I go to bed on any given day, I feel like I am a circus ringmaster with a whip and a stool fighting feverishly to take charge of any bad habits that try to make themselves known. Technology makes it so darn easy to develop bad habits, but here's the deal, … [Read more...]
