All of us are on digital overload. We are connected to our cell phones, computers, televisions, and, for some, online gaming. From the moment we wake up until we hit the hay, the digital world has enveloped our lives. And as I have shared before in this series, detoxing is important.
Today's focus is on the importance of taking some much-needed digital detox breaks. Taking the time to break free of the digital matrix will take some planning and some intentionality. However, when you do, your health and well-being will benefit.
Practical tips to detox from the digital world:
🧠Make a plan to unplug and remove yourself from your devices for at least 30 minutes per day. This means turning them off and moving away from them. Think of this as a 30-minute coffee break.
🧠Replace the devices with an activity that brings you peace, joy, comfort, or solitude. This might include taking a walk, sitting outside, and listening to nature, writing in a journal, taking a friend to lunch (no devices out), exercising, taking a hot bath, or simply allowing yourself to take a nap.
🧠 Another digital detox practice is to unplug the devices in your bedroom while sleeping. Having the phone right next to you while you sleep is not advised. If you do have it near you, place the phone on airplane mode while you sleep. Turn off the TV when sleeping. Your brain needs to learn to truly rest without the interference from the television.
🧠Consider purchasing devices that help to block EMFs. There are many different things out there; just a quick internet search and you can find something that might be a fit for you.
🧠Turn off notifications on your devices. These constant pinging sounds disrupt your mindset more than you can imagine. Re-training your brain away from these sounds will help you not be so reactive. Subconsciously, when you hear those pings, whether you realize it or not, your mind is already reacting. This keeps you on high alert and causes your body to release the stress hormone called Cortisol.
Why not give a digital detox a try? When you begin to take these breaks, you are allowing your body to learn to rest and to reset. After a few weeks, you should begin to see and feel some very positive results.
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