Digital Detox

What do you do first when you get out of bed? Do you check your message inbox? Have you read your email or checked the newsfeed? Imagine yourself in a position where you are unable to use your phone right now. …

I threw my phone and shattered it. It was then I’d had enough. In that moment I made a decision; that no matter what, I would succeed. I thought of what life might look like. All the people I love, all the people I’ve lost, I could save them. I’d…

Better weekly or daily? As of now, everybody knows what digital detox is. It consists in staying away from technology and social media for a given period of time. Today I don’t want to inspect its benefits but reflect on how to implement it in my life. I do not…

Heard about it? A million times… Done it? Too busy being awesome for that I was the same and I am but trying it sounds fun however how will I make progress if I am typing all this digitally? Isn’t this digital? Well this challenge comes with tweaks. It is neccessary to attend classes but except that its pretty much over. Some homework online here and there but limited only to work. I will make small posts on it in 50 to 100 words for day 1 to day 30. Thank you for being my accountable partner. Always be smiling :)

Berlin-based single-working parent, Clara Hahn, tells us how quitting her smartphone for a voicephone changed her life. On August 10th, 2021, I decided to break up with my smartphone. And no, I don’t live in the woods, exiled from the modern world, where this decision might not make much difference…

Imagine that I will live until the beautiful age of 94. That’s another 60 years. Since the invention of smartphones I have touched the thing every single day. On roadtrips, travels, birthdays, weddings, boring Tuesdays, easy Sundays, dance congresses… Every. Single. Day. It is weird how I can’t really remember…

“It is okay to own a technology, what is not okay is to be owned by technology.” Today’s age is that of digital minimalization. We do not have to unplug from the Internet. The use of the Internet should be intentional rather than compulsive. Ironically, there are hordes of well-meaning apps that tell you how to stay away from digital addictions. Cold Turkey, Rescue Time, Toggle, Stay Focused, Self-Control, Anti-Social, etc are some of the apps that tell you how to stay away from apps.