Virtually Amish: Lessons from the Amish

Technology can work for you or it can work against you. If I’m honest with myself, there was a time when technology was doing me more harm than good. On Facebook, I frequently fell into the comparison trap (comparing myself to people who had posted delicious dinners, amazing holiday photos, etc). On Twitter, I’d get […]

Focus your mind with Screentime Genie

Why is it that the closer it gets to exams, the more time we tend to waste online? If you find yourself watching random videos when you need to be studying, you’re not alone. This behaviour is most likely due to the fact that you’re feeling stressed and tired. When you’re freaking out about everything […]

How to read online without your attention being hijacked

There’s an art to reading online. How do you do it without getting derailed by a tsunami of ads, click-bait, notifications and hyperlinks? Your brain is up against many carefully crafted apps and video games that are designed to steal your attention. This article is about how you can read online without ending up places […]

The art of combating time confetti

I’ve discovered a way to create more time. Drum roll please . . . Eliminate time confetti from your life. What’s time confetti? In her brilliant book Time Smart researcher Dr Ashley Whillans describes time confetti as the little bits of seconds and minutes that are lost to unproductive multitasking (e.g. texting and checking social […]