For the past few weeks, I’ve structured my morning routine around one main principle: no cell phone until after I’ve had my coffee. (Drinking coffee is one of the last things I do before work.) It hasn’t been easy. According to this article (which cites a 2010 Pew Research study), 83% of Millennials (myself included) […]
Read MoreIn my last post, I wrote about “untangling” in order to decrease my digital dependency and free up mental space to be creative. A few months ago, I unknowingly took the first step: I deactivated my Facebook account. This isn’t going to be a rant about Facebook. I know plenty of people who use it […]
Read MoreMy iPhone is a barrier to my creativity. I don’t blame the phone or the world of social media it connects me to. I blame myself. Our smart phones are tools after all. They began as digital Swiss Army knives. Phones that could play music and access email seemed so useful. Today of course, they’re […]
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