Doing a Digital Detox

So I've already written that I've done such a "digital detox". it's been a little bit. But it wasn't that bad. I've been looking for a bit because of time in front of the PC. Should you really think about how much you're sitting there in front of the PC. 71 hours a week that's supposed to be. It's here: ZDF That's 10 hours a day! It's also work expected. But nevertheless, that's a crazy number! Should you think about it because the computer is r…

Doing a Digital Detox

Doing a Digital Detox In this day and age, technology is abundant. Smartphones, TVs, tablets – we’ve conditioned ourselves to always be on our phones and constantly be up to date on everything happening in the world. We need our devices to communicate, yes, but with the popularity of social media, our phones have become extensions of our very beings. While being up-to-date on current events isn’t necessarily a bad thing, the constant exposure to…

Grudge Detox: Purging Toxic Thoughts

I spent 20 years waiting for some sort of an apology from my stepfather. I was not entirely patient about this. For most of that time I was pretty furious, actually. And while I certainly wouldn’t characterize this as good or healthy, I don’t think it was entirely unjustified, either. My mom discovered he had been unfaithful toward the end of their 13-year marriage. By that point, he had spent through so much of their shared retirement savings h…