Recap: Navigating the Digital Age
The digital revolution has forever changed our lives. Many changes have been good. Others less so.
This week discussed ways to draw all the great benefits out of the digital age without getting caught on its long list of drawbacks.
Let’s do the weekly recap.
The checklist
- Computer.
- Good ergonomics and regular breaks to move your body are essential for healthy PC use.
- A distraction blocker can help you focus on what’s most important.
- Phone.
- Reorganize your phone to escape chronic distraction from notifications and addictive apps.
- Avoid using your phone for things best done on a PC.
- Internet.
- Like calories are food for your body, information is food for your mind.
- Beware of empty information addiction, especially in the form of video and news.
- Social media.
- Some social networks are designed to be useful, but the value of most is up to the user.
- An interesting social media trend to follow is the deletion of purely distracting accounts.
If you want to prove that you’ve genuinely arrived as a citizen of our modern age, then master the digital revolution.
As we’ll discuss next week, this revolution is far from over. Your level of mastery over our current digital world will determine whether you’ll surf this rising digital wave or drown in it.