Don't switch on to 'just check one little email' as two hours later, you'll still be doing it...
If you can unplug your technology from the wall socket or take out the battery (without it messing up or damaging things) then do it. The hassle of putting things back in will put you off enough to not switch on. That's what works for me.
Heh. This is what I consider 'normal'. I know some people think I'm a Luddite for not having a smart phone with aps for everything, or an mp3 player that can deliver my precise musical whims, but I've just never really felt the need.
Be honest with yourself about how long an average technology session will take you, whatever you define technology as, and plan round it. For instance, if you need to go to the shop, then do that first because the internet will still be there when the shops have shut.
I like the reminder that technology fails sometimes. I've broken my phone and have just spent a week away from the internet, and I filled my time with other things but was completely unable to get in touch with anyone, not least because I didn't have their numbers stored anywhere apart from my phone.
Good call! I like this post a lot. As an internet addict, it speaks a lot of sense to me.
Paper can be fun. Especially BIG sheets of paper, with lots of colours. And cutting and pasting - with scissors and glue, not mouse-clicking!!
Also if I'm spaced out with too much screen time, or out of my body off on some emo self-indulgence, then just five minutes vigourous dancing, in my own room, on my own, to some faveourite tune played nice and loud (even on an mp3 player, if neighbours or housemates object), helps bring me back to my body and move through any emotions I was holding on to.
And sometimes I just have to tell myself that, for certain periods (like this morning, after Ive finished my cup of tea!) the router gets turned off at the wall!
i like this advice ;) all are things i do... tho i've been thinking lately that i need a new pocket notebook - i've been carrying scraps of paper more recently, and information gets messy/untidy and lost.
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If you can unplug your technology from the wall socket or take out the battery (without it messing up or damaging things) then do it. The hassle of putting things back in will put you off enough to not switch on. That's what works for me.
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I like the reminder that technology fails sometimes. I've broken my phone and have just spent a week away from the internet, and I filled my time with other things but was completely unable to get in touch with anyone, not least because I didn't have their numbers stored anywhere apart from my phone.
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Paper can be fun. Especially BIG sheets of paper, with lots of colours. And cutting and pasting - with scissors and glue, not mouse-clicking!!
Also if I'm spaced out with too much screen time, or out of my body off on some emo self-indulgence, then just five minutes vigourous dancing, in my own room, on my own, to some faveourite tune played nice and loud (even on an mp3 player, if neighbours or housemates object), helps bring me back to my body and move through any emotions I was holding on to.
And sometimes I just have to tell myself that, for certain periods (like this morning, after Ive finished my cup of tea!) the router gets turned off at the wall!
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