Yes, You Can Break Free From Digital Intoxication
Many of us are addicted to our technological devices. We rely on them too much and we cannot unplug even if we want to.
This is because most technology is so available. We can carry it with us wherever we go, even into our bedroom and into bed.
Many of us sleep with our technological devices. This can make us feel tired and irritable the next day because most of us loose on average 1 to 3 hours of quality sleep a night because we are connected and texting all the time. This over time can accumulate and cause many health problems and issues for us.
Therefore, it is important for us to try and break free from our digital addiction. We have to regain our lives and discover that there is so much in life that we are not entertaining because we are so busy texting with all of our friends.
Some of us even text our family members. We find it easier to just simply send a text to a family member, telling them what we really should be telling them to their face.
I believe that technology has even caused us to have more difficulty communicating with each other. But smartphone addiction is a topic that I will cover in another article. For now, though, I would like to focus on how we can break free from our digital intoxication.
Here are four steps to free ourselves for your tech addiction.
1. Be willing to investigate your human drives. Ask yourself: Am I willing to stop using my technology as much as I have?
Even if we can minimize our use of technology by an hour a day, this will help us in the long run to feel freer and more conscious and plugged into this moment.
2. Notice that you are behaving in a way that you don't like or that doesn't make you feel good. Ask yourself, am I willing to look honestly at my behavior and see if I can stop being connected as much?
The more honest you can be about your usage of technology the more able you will be to change your situation for the better.
3. Can you make the choice to do something different, to change your intoxication with technology?
Ask yourself, am I willing to change my behavior or do I feel stuck in just texting and relying on my technology?
4. Can I practise the new behavior until it become habit - and then continuing to practice?
In other words, am I willing to practise a new way of behaving which may be uncomfortable at first until it becomes habit?
We all have the ability to tolerate feelings that arise when we refrain from giving into our impulses and habits. Human beings have the amazing capacity to consider and even carry out an action that is in complete contradiction to what they desire in that moment.
In other words, we can choose to say no to that which some part of us believes will make us feel better. We can act from a place of higher wisdom because another more discerning more evolved part of us knows that such a thing will not make things better and that freedom is actually what we want.
This is because most technology is so available. We can carry it with us wherever we go, even into our bedroom and into bed.
Many of us sleep with our technological devices. This can make us feel tired and irritable the next day because most of us loose on average 1 to 3 hours of quality sleep a night because we are connected and texting all the time. This over time can accumulate and cause many health problems and issues for us.
Therefore, it is important for us to try and break free from our digital addiction. We have to regain our lives and discover that there is so much in life that we are not entertaining because we are so busy texting with all of our friends.
Some of us even text our family members. We find it easier to just simply send a text to a family member, telling them what we really should be telling them to their face.
I believe that technology has even caused us to have more difficulty communicating with each other. But smartphone addiction is a topic that I will cover in another article. For now, though, I would like to focus on how we can break free from our digital intoxication.
Here are four steps to free ourselves for your tech addiction.
1. Be willing to investigate your human drives. Ask yourself: Am I willing to stop using my technology as much as I have?
Even if we can minimize our use of technology by an hour a day, this will help us in the long run to feel freer and more conscious and plugged into this moment.
2. Notice that you are behaving in a way that you don't like or that doesn't make you feel good. Ask yourself, am I willing to look honestly at my behavior and see if I can stop being connected as much?
The more honest you can be about your usage of technology the more able you will be to change your situation for the better.
3. Can you make the choice to do something different, to change your intoxication with technology?
Ask yourself, am I willing to change my behavior or do I feel stuck in just texting and relying on my technology?
4. Can I practise the new behavior until it become habit - and then continuing to practice?
In other words, am I willing to practise a new way of behaving which may be uncomfortable at first until it becomes habit?
We all have the ability to tolerate feelings that arise when we refrain from giving into our impulses and habits. Human beings have the amazing capacity to consider and even carry out an action that is in complete contradiction to what they desire in that moment.
In other words, we can choose to say no to that which some part of us believes will make us feel better. We can act from a place of higher wisdom because another more discerning more evolved part of us knows that such a thing will not make things better and that freedom is actually what we want.
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