There’s an article in Sunday’s Wisconsin State Journal (June 14th), that talks about various efforts to unplug from our communication technology — at least for a period of time. The traditional April TV Turnoff Week promoted by AdBusters has now morphed into Digital Detox Week.  I’m quoted in the article, citing the toll our constant connections have on our productivity and our emotional health. If you’re incessantly interrupted and you’re usually multitasking, you’re not getting much done and you’re likely to feel burned out and frazzled.  The article notes an upcoming documentary that followed three students at Carleton College in Minnesota who gave up their computers for a month.  According to the author of the article, Katjusa Cisar, although it was difficult at first, the students concluded that they hadn’t missed that much by being disconnected from their email and facebook.

We could all learn a lot by trying digital detox for even a day.

The documentary “Disconnected,” is due to air Saturday, June 20th at 9:30 p.m. on Wisconsin Public Television.

Tags: digital detox, information overload, multitasking, productivity, stress

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