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Mindfulness

How Older Technologies Can Keep Us More Mindful

Our culture strongly promotes the idea that the newest technology is always the best. That belief is spread by its makers with their own incentives for encouraging us to always buy the latest version of every product. However, sometimes using older technology can be better in terms of reaching our mindfulness goals.

Today’s tip is to not automatically reach for the shiny new toy. Instead, be aware of your options so you can make wise and mindful choices about which technology to use in any particular situation.

08/01/2018

Distraction

How to Prioritize Responding to Important Messages

Have you ever planned to respond to a particular message and then found yourself replying to new ones as they arrive? Of course you have.

07/25/2018

Mindfulness

How to Mindfully Use Your GPS

I have no natural sense of direction. As a result, I think the GPS is one of the greatest inventions in human history. I rely

07/18/2018

Mindfulness

Apple and Google’s Digital Health Initiatives

Both Google and Apple recently announced major initiatives to address the problems of digital distraction, stress, and anxiety. These will affect all of their products.

Each of the companies has a different name for the department responsible for the initiatives. Apple calls it “Digital Health” whereas Google calls it “Digital Well Being.” Right at the top of Google’s Digital Well Being webpage, it says, “Great Technology should improve life, not distract from it.”

07/04/2018

Communication

Let’s Start Planning for Meetings as if There’s No Internet

For those of you who are old enough to remember what it was like to attend a meeting before the internet, the only opportunity to

06/20/2018

Communication

How Social Media Has Poisoned Us

This blog post was inspired by an article published by The Guardian on April 9. While the write-up isn’t strictly focused on technology, that topic

06/13/2018

Communication

Positive, Negative and Neutral Posting on Social Media

We all know that the image people portray of themselves on social media is highly selective and curated. People often post only the information that

06/06/2018

Distraction

Turn Off Autoplay for Videos

Do you ever find yourself binge-watching on YouTube, Netflix, or any other site/app on which you view videos? It’s so easy to get lost in

05/30/2018

Mindfulness

Group Text Messaging: Productive or Annoying?

Trying to make plans with a group of people can be challenging. Obviously, everyone has their own schedule and it can be hard to coordinate

05/16/2018

Mindfulness

The Mind Can Also Follow the Body

As mindfulness in the West is picking up and taking off as a popular movement, I’m getting the feeling that many people are being introduced

05/09/2018

Communication

Responding, Not Reacting to Your Smartphone

Have you ever watched a tennis sequence in which a player serves and the receiver runs in reaction to the serve and then hits the

05/02/2018

Distraction

You Use Technology More Mindfully Than I Do

Since I write and teach about using technology mindfully, many people assume that I’m somehow naturally gifted at that practice. They believe I’m always focused

04/25/2018

The Blog

How Older Technologies Can Keep Us More Mindful

How to Prioritize Responding to Important Messages

How to Mindfully Use Your GPS

Apple and Google’s Digital Health Initiatives

Let’s Start Planning for Meetings as if There’s No Internet

Turn Off Autoplay for Videos

The Mind Can Also Follow the Body

Responding, Not Reacting to Your Smartphone

You Use Technology More Mindfully Than I Do

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