Give Yourself a Digital Detox and Reconnect with the People in Your Life

It’s no secret that almost everyone’s lives are somewhat run by technology. It’s more convenient to be able to call someone who lives far away rather than write and send them a letter.

It’s less time consuming to email or text your co-worker instead of going to their desk during work and striking up a conversation with them. However, sometimes it’s better for us to have that face to face interaction to avoid letting the online world consume every aspect of our personal lives. 
 
Try to take some extra time to do things that you would’ve otherwise done on technology. For example, instead of playing games on your phone or scrolling on social media apps all night once you get home, try playing a board game with your family or even doing something else like going bowling.

Being able to set your phone aside and live in the moment will leave you with great memories with your family and will make you happier to be with them. Instead of doing all of your communication online, do it in person.

Having a real conversation with someone in person makes it feel more personal and allows you to grow your relationship with them instead of reading the words they write off of a screen.

Also, sometimes it’s hard to tell tone through writing. This can cause people to possibly take things you say the wrong way because they’re reading it and interpreting the tone for themselves, rather than hearing you say it how you meant it.
 
Not only will getting off of technology benefit your relationships and happiness, but it’ll also benefit your health. You’ll sleep better if you’re on your phone less, especially if you’re not on technology right before bed.

You’ll also strain your eyes if you’re looking at the screen too much. This will cause you to have headaches, blurry vision, neck and back pain, retina damage, and even cataracts.
 
Taking time away from the online world is beneficial to your relationships, social skills, health, and your overall happiness. You’ll be able to live in the moment and make more memories, have closer friendships, and help your sleep schedule and eyesight.

While it’s hard to try to stay away from social media because it seems like that’s what runs the world, it’s important to be able to reconnect with the real world and not live your whole life based off of the internet.

Understand that Sometimes Work or Home Lives Will Try to Dominate Your Time

Sometimes life throws us things that require almost all of our attention. Whether it’s an important task at work, a family issue, or a health issue, you can’t always neglect every other aspect of your life in order to just devote your attention to one.
 
It’s natural - a big project comes up at work and your boss is talking about how important it is, and you start to worry and try to devote all of your energy, focus, and free time to working in order to live up to their expectations.

It’s okay to sometimes have a week or two where you really have to buckle down and focus on work, but you can’t let yourself always do that. If you keep up the behavior, you’ll always feel like you need to focus all of your attention onto your job in order to do your best quality of work.
 
It’s the same for a family issue. You want to be the best family member you can, so if something bad happens to your family, you’ll obviously want to be there for them. However, you have to make sure that you don’t neglect the things you have to get done at work in order to spend time with your family – it has to balance out.

If you do that, it’s going to show in your work performance and it could impact your finances, which could possibly only hurt your family more. If you focus all of your time on one issue, your relationships with others will suffer.

You’ll be too busy to spend time with either your family or co-workers and friends, depending on what your issue is. You need to keep in touch with those who you’re not focusing on to make sure that you maintain a stable relationship and don’t suddenly stop responding or reaching out to them. 
 
Your health will also suffer if you’re letting one aspect of your life dominate your time. You’ll become highly stressed if you’re constantly focused on the one thing that’s overwhelming you most.

It’s good to have a balance of work and home life to make sure you’re not getting too much of one or the other. At times, it’s normal to give a little extra attention to something in your life that needs it.

But don’t allow it to spiral out of control until it’s your new normal. You can’t neglect your work or home life for too long without suffering the repercussions. If you’re drowning in home drama, eventually it will show in your work productivity and performance. If you’re constantly wrapped up in work, your relationship with your family will start to deteriorate.

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Cheers, Helene Malmsio

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