Lessons learned by a digital detox: The Art of doing not doing.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to watch a “real” “live” sporting event in this un-presented time we are living in. I must also preface this with being in the midst of the digital detox group workshop I am running and my own inter work around digital detoxing from devices. There it was -10 people looking at their phone all the while the children they came to watch were doing their thing. I shit you not. 10 of 10 people lost in a device. And three questions then occurred to me
Unsubscribe back into life
Recently I added another level to my digital detox. I noticed every morning I checked my email I was getting flooded with requests from the subscribed emails that were taking away from my professional work and personal engagement. I looked deeper into the emails and realized two things: First, they are all looking for me to consume more information or material. I don’t necessarily need either because of a lack of relevance they offered (for example that coupon for free shippi
FOMO Fear of Missing out ... on reality?
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not of hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumbnail. Henry David Thoreau – Walden Fear of missing out (FOMO) is a social anxiety stemmed from the belief that others might be having fun while the person experiencing the anxiety is not present. It is the desire to stay continually connected to what others are doing. FOMO is also defined