Visit Higher Ground

Balance in life is Key. 

Disconnect from technology, at least for a time...

Here are five reasons why:

1) Trippin’

A flash back experience gives you a true taste of what was better in the past before technology ruled, which means you can take back these important ingredients and bake them into your life. For the stuff ‘better left behind’ you come back with a richer appreciation of the innovations that make your life so easy but which are often taken for granted. Old school… it’s worth the trip!

2) Give us a break!

Why is everyone always looking down at their phones! It’s pretty obvious… people simply can’t compete with the level of information and entertainment in the palm of our hands. Relationships suffer as everyone looks into the vastness of all the internet has to offer…instead of the person across from them.  Should we give up our phones for good? Absolutely not…but 50% use is better than a 100% attachment.  When friends disconnect from tech together they rediscover being actually in the moment, when people had only each other for connection and entertainment….more stories, laughter, games, singing, dancing and more deep conversations. Plus time for honing skills and passion projects.  

3) Am I an addict?

No way to know just how addicted you are until you don’t have access to the internet. ‘Going without’ forces you to answer the questions: Am I using this thing or is it using me? Am I a social media, porno, or news junkie? …until you don’t have access for a few days it’s hard to know just how much time you are giving to something that may not be adding value to your life, and in fact may be holding you down…undermining your efforts to create the best life you could live.

4) Social media can suck.

“If I’m not online posting in social media do I really exist?” Stay grounded in who you are without looking for constant feedback for all you think and do. Instead of forming a sense of self…  ‘who am I’… by the masses who ‘like’, ignore or hate, re-discover your own sense of self.  For young people, this is the most chilling aspect of the internet as it can be a direct assault on their emerging self and be extremely damaging to the psyche.  Looking for confirmation feedback to gauge how they are developing their personality is natural, but the internet is not full of family and friends who care deeply for them, but anonymous haters as well.

5) Say What!!

If the grid were to go down for any reason…and sadly there are many possible scenarios where it could, you would be forced to go without contact with family, friends and the internet. How would you cope?  ‘Fire drills’ are always a good way to prepare for the worse, just in case technology suddenly goes dark. Don’t let your optimism bias convince you that ‘it’s all good!”… If the shit gets real you need a real plan.

DISCONNECT A-Z

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