This article rings true to me. <\/p>\n
I find I’ve become addicted to the thrill of email. I check mine way too much.<\/p>\n
I got a Blackberry two years ago so I could check my email anywhere.<\/p>\n
I have friends who spend hours a day on Facebook, creating fake profiles so they can track the ex-girlfriends of their boyfriend.<\/p>\n
What saves me is the Sabbath when I turn off my computer and cell phone.<\/p>\n
Alexander Technique also helps me to be more present. And therapy. And good friends. When I’m with them, I don’t yearn so much to check my email.<\/p>\n
I grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist, where I got lots of warnings about the distracting and negative power of television and rock music. <\/p>\n
I had a girlfriend who did not have an internet connection at home or on her phone. Nor did she own a television. She was also the most present person I knew. <\/p>\n
I do sense that people are more distracted these days compared to ten and twenty years ago.<\/p>\n
The New York Times says<\/a>:<\/p>\n Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave. They say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information.<\/p>\n These play to a primitive impulse to respond to immediate opportunities and threats. The stimulation provokes excitement <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This article rings true to me. I find I’ve become addicted to the thrill of email. I check mine way too much. I got a Blackberry two years ago so I could check my email anywhere. I have friends who … Continue reading