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How An Easy Digital Detox Can Put You Back In The Driver’s Seat Of Your Life
The power of decreasing your dependence on your digital devices
Are you a victim of Application Creep? Like Scope Creep, where the parameters of a project just keep growing and growing, Application Creep occurs when you keep adding and using apps on your digital devices without consciously thinking about it. Chances are, you’ve been a willing victim of it.
How do you know if you’ve been afflicted? Grab your phone or your favorite screen, and you can easily find out. Click it on and look at the number of apps you have. I’m guessing you might be surprised at how many there are.
You obviously didn’t start using them all at once. They probably showed up little by little, and you haven’t been aware of how many there really are and how much time, attention, and energy they really consume each day.
You know what ones I mean: The games you play while enjoying your morning coffee. The news sites you check hourly just in case something happens. The social media you consume and contribute to. All of them taking are taking more than they are giving.
Its common knowledge that apps and social media are designed to give you dopamine hits…
