Create pre-written text messages to decrease your tech-engagement time. If you increase your response time, people won’t find it unusual eventually, they’ll come to realize that you answer your messages when it’s convenient for you and you’re ready-not sooner, unless it’s urgent. People often expect immediate attention, but remember that you control their expectations. You own your phone and laptop, not the other way around. But more often than not, you don’t need to shoot someone a rapid-fire answer the second they send a question. Challenge yourself not to respond to texts and emails immediately when possible.Īt work, you may not have the luxury of taking your sweet time responding. It’s just fifteen to thirty minutes a few times a day, but it will make a big difference and maybe inspire you to do it more often.
Instead of attempting a complete behavioral shift, I recommend making some small, sustainable changes to connect with the present throughout your day.Ĭhoose a few tasks you will not multitask, like eating dinner or talking with your mother on the phone. You’ll likely continue to multi-task certain things, just as I will, to handle your various responsibilities. It would be easy to say “stop multitasking” while I have seven tabs open in my browser, but that would be hypocritical and not entirely realistic. Commit to single-tasking at least three daily activities. While meeting with Soren last week to discuss the event and my possible involvement, I thought of some ideas to stay present in a world dominated by gadgets. Twitter, Facebook, and Google will all have a presence, not to mention Yoga Journal, Whole Foods, and a number of wellness-focused organizations. Soren Gordhamer, who wrote a book also called Wisdom 2.0, has secured some amazing speakers, who each have their own unique perspectives on wisdom in the tech age. With this in mind, I couldn’t be more delighted to learn about the Wisdom 2.0 Conference, which will take place this month in Mountain View, California. The possibility of mindfulness underlies almost everything we publish at Tiny Buddha in an attempt to harness technology for personal growth and wisdom. Still, it isn’t easy to stay present and focused in a world that’s always plugged in-and to every available outlet. The technology itself is not to blame just like guns don’t cause violence, gadgets don’t obliterate our mindfulness.
When you feel tied to your phone and enslaved by your email, can you pull away, center, and take a tech-vacay outside the shadow of your laptop?ĭoes it stress you out to disconnect in an always-on world where everything moves at the speed of light?Īnd lastly, do the people in your life suspend their sense of urgency long enough to allow you a break? Which begs the question: A t what point does technology stop enhancing life and start detracting from it?
You can increase your productivity, connect with people quickly, and access information instantaneously-while documenting your every move via tweets and photos to upload to Twitpic or Facebook. From cell phones and laptops to iPods and digital cameras, the average person owns an arsenal of gadgets that, in many ways, simplify life. It is the only thing that matters.” ~Peaceful Warrior
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