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In late 2016, I gave up the internet for two months. In 2017, I vowed to find a “digital-life balance” as my New Year’s Resolution. But it takes longer than a year to reform entrenched habits and expectations. Since then, I’ve been focusing on changing my habits in a sustainable way. It is an ongoing… Continue reading My digital wellness journey – a personal review of 2019
1. Avoid competitive and comparative spaces in your leisure time Social media is built on social comparison: lifestyle, looks, number of followers, number of likes, professional accomplishments. You may always feel the desire to compete. We can often forget that features such as likes and followers are artificial and deliberate design choices to get us… Continue reading 6 simple ways to reduce stress in your digital life
Self-expression has always been one of the joys of the internet. But as social media has evolved to centre around likes, views, followers and stats, you may find it difficult to express yourself without feeling crushed every time a post does not do as well as you want. But over the past couple of years,… Continue reading Recovering your sense of creativity in an age of metrics
If you are working on a side hustle that you’re passionate about, it can be difficult to separate your self-esteem from your project when you use social media. You may find yourself obsessed with checking your stats for new followers, likes and web traffic. You may hurt like hell whenever you put hours into something… Continue reading How to use social media for your side hustle without demolishing your self-esteem
I can’t remember the moment it became a problem. But things creep up on you. I can’t remember the moment I stopped reading fiction books. Or the moment I stopped blogging and started taking pictures of my coffee. I can’t remember the moment I could no longer watch a film all the way through on… Continue reading How a decade of rage led to me to creating Digital Cooldown
You most likely spend more time online than sleeping. People spend an average of 2 hours and 53 minutes on social media, 4 hours and 35 minutes watching video or television and 2 hours and 15 minutes browsing the internet. Adults are spending 8 hours a day consuming media — online and offline. 300 hours… Continue reading We’re all headed towards information burn out
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