Author: It's Time to Log Off

Try a Digital-Free Day Trip and Escape to the Outdoors If we were to find ourselves without our phones unexpectedly most of us would feel very vulnerable and lost. It’s become all too easy to become over-reliant on the tools on our smartphones, leaving us seriously doubting our ability to cope without them. But combatting digital dependence is easy and can be fun,… Continue reading Try a Digital-Free Day Trip and Escape to the Outdoors

Get Off Screens and Get Outside for #MentalHealthMonth May is Mental Health Awareness Month, also known as #MentalHealthMonth. At Time To Log Off we’re going to be focusing on two aspects of mental health affected by our 24:7 screen habits: social media and mental health, and the benefits of getting outside and connecting with nature. Human beings have only… Continue reading Get Off Screens and Get Outside for #MentalHealthMonth

6 ways to apply mindfulness to your digital habits The average person checks their smartphone 150 times a day and our smartphone habits increasingly remove us from the present moment and leave us hopelessly distracted. Here are six ways you can apply more mindfulness to your digital habits, starting from now. #1 Limit your source consumption With the vast amount of information that is… Continue reading 6 ways to apply mindfulness to your digital habits

The Social Media Paradox: It Sells us Connection but Sucks Our Attention Social media networks say they are all about connecting people. But they have warped into distraction engines which suck our attention – taking us away from those we could be connecting with – and spawning the logging-off, or digital detox, movement. Why did we join Facebook in the first place?… Continue reading The Social Media Paradox: It Sells us Connection but Sucks Our Attention

Think Our Technology Addiction Isn’t Bad For Our Mental Health? The Evidence is Overwhelming A common accusation directed at selfie-crazed youngsters is that they are a generation of narcissists. It’s true that social media did appear to have been emphasising the ‘individualism’ that has been a feature of Western culture since the 1960s. But this was only the… Continue reading Think Our Technology Addiction Isn’t Bad For Our Mental Health? The Evidence is Overwhelming

Parenting With Screens: Making Tech Invisible at Home My wife and I have a new rule in our household: we don’t look at our devices in front of our kids. This wasn’t always the case. Although we have always kept technology out of the hands of our kids (the only time they get an iPad… Continue reading Parenting With Screens: Making Tech Invisible at Home

We’re Misusing Technology in the Workplace – and It’s Stressing Us Out Email, web chat, social media, smartphones. The modern workplace can’t do without these things. Just imagine a working environment where all of them were suddenly banned. Employees would be shocked. Some might even take to Twitter to complain about their backward looking employer. … Continue reading We’re Misusing Technology in the Workplace – and It’s Stressing Us Out

Is Our Internet Addiction Wrecking Family Life? Our children’s relationship with tech is an uncomfortable subject. With the huge opportunity for learning and connectivity comes a multitude of concerns for parents. Kids can become so absorbed in their mobile phones and devices that it can affect their relationships, make them more distracted and impact their mental health. Why… Continue reading Is Our Internet Addiction Wrecking Family Life?