You know that feeling when you sit down to work and your brain feels like it’s running on dial-up internet? You open your laptop, ready to tackle that important project, but instead find yourself switching between Instagram, email, and three different news sites. Twenty minutes later, you haven’t accomplished anything meaningful. Why you can’t focus… Read More »How to take your ATTENTION back
My friend Sarah showed me her phone. She had 127 apps installed. Most of them she couldn’t even remember downloading. Her camera roll contained 8,000 photos, including 20 nearly identical shots of her coffee from last Tuesday. Her email inbox showed 13,847 unread messages. “I know it’s bad,” she said, scrolling through screens of forgotten… Read More »The Delete Week
What happens to your brain after 14 days without internet? Scientists asked this question, recruiting 467 participants to block mobile internet access for two weeks. The results shocked both researchers and volunteers alike. Mental health improved more than standard antidepressant treatments. Focus and attention sharpened to levels matching people ten years younger. Life satisfaction scores… Read More »The 2-week offline mental health boost
Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, doesn’t start his day like most of us. The billionaire founder of Amazon has a morning routine that’s the stuff of legend – but not for the reasons you might expect. Instead of jumping straight into emails, meetings, and the digital rat race, he takes his time. He savours… Read More »The 1-hour no-screens morning routine
We’ve all been there – settling in to focus on an important task when suddenly our phone lights up with a notification. Before we know it, we’re sucked into a vortex of emails, social media posts, and cat videos, with our original intention a distant memory. While undeniably useful, our smartphones have an uncanny ability… Read More »Put a band on it
