I want to try and go totally "offline" one day per week. Sunday seems like an easy/ fitting choice for me.
Being so online/ so digital/ constantly checking devices almost 24/7 takes a toll on our mental health - sometimes more obviously so, sometimes more subtly.
I've certainly noticed my attention span shrink crazily, ever since I bought my first smartphone. It's like my brain's unit of information has become the average length of an internet post/ social media message. This has led to me reading faaaaaaaar fewer books than I used to in younger years because of this shrunken attention span.
Anyone feel like joining me an doing some mini digital detoxes?
I'm thinking I'll spend each Sunday completely offline and then write here on Mondays and reflect on what I did that Sunday and what being offline was like, how it affected my brain, how it made my day unfold differently to if I'd been online...
The biggest hurdle I see for this project is my forgetfulness... Ever since menopause kicked in, my brain is an absolute sieve... Not only do I forget what weekday it is, but also what I planned to do on any given day... So it's a likely problem that I'll forget my Sundays-offline idea with stubborn repetitiveness... and no, things like post-it notes or reminders in my phone don't really help. My depressed and menopausal brain has the super-power of intensely ignoring whatever information is "too much" and no amount of notes/ reminders has any effect on that...
Being so online/ so digital/ constantly checking devices almost 24/7 takes a toll on our mental health - sometimes more obviously so, sometimes more subtly.
I've certainly noticed my attention span shrink crazily, ever since I bought my first smartphone. It's like my brain's unit of information has become the average length of an internet post/ social media message. This has led to me reading faaaaaaaar fewer books than I used to in younger years because of this shrunken attention span.
Anyone feel like joining me an doing some mini digital detoxes?
I'm thinking I'll spend each Sunday completely offline and then write here on Mondays and reflect on what I did that Sunday and what being offline was like, how it affected my brain, how it made my day unfold differently to if I'd been online...
The biggest hurdle I see for this project is my forgetfulness... Ever since menopause kicked in, my brain is an absolute sieve... Not only do I forget what weekday it is, but also what I planned to do on any given day... So it's a likely problem that I'll forget my Sundays-offline idea with stubborn repetitiveness... and no, things like post-it notes or reminders in my phone don't really help. My depressed and menopausal brain has the super-power of intensely ignoring whatever information is "too much" and no amount of notes/ reminders has any effect on that...