#digital-distraction

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Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
21 hours ago

How to Stay Mindful in an Increasingly Mindless World

Small, device-free changes to routine and single-tasking foster mindful eating, increase enjoyment and satiety, reduce stress, and restore focus.
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Living in a Material World

I've also been reading more. Actual books, that is. And buying way too many. But there is something to looking at those piles stacked around the rooms of my house. All that knowledge and history and art right there at my fingertips. And recently I picked up a magazine, a physical, paper magazine, and have occasionally again started sitting with a newspaper in the mornings. There's something about spreading it out on a table with a nice cup of coffee. Oh, the solitude...
Music
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

How to Stay Focused in an Age of Distraction

Seven mindful practices restore focus and peace of mind by counteracting chronic stress and cognitive disruption caused by smartphones, constant interruptions, and sleep deprivation.
Psychology
fromBig Think
3 weeks ago

Why your attention keeps slipping away (and how to get it back)

Intentional, trainable attention control counteracts continuous partial attention caused by digital distractions to restore focused, effective work.
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
4 weeks ago

Put down your phone and engage in boredom - how philosophy can help with digital overload

Digital platforms convert human attention into exploitable resources, producing relentless distraction that erodes silence, slowness, and capacity for deep reflection.
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Your Tech Won't Save You From Your Feelings

The tech industry can be easy to hate—the erratic CEOs, the biased algorithms, the environmental damage. But beneath all of that is a gigantic, diverse workforce of people who found themselves working in the field.
Digital life
fromIndependent
1 month ago

I tried to make my phone as unaddictive as possible - here's how you can too

Constantly glued to my screen, I can't even take time out to enjoy a film. I never intended to become the kind of person so attached to their phone.
Digital life
Music
fromPitchfork
2 months ago

Sofie Birch / Antonina Nowacka: Hiraeth

Musicians Sofie Birch and Antonina Nowacka escape digital distractions to create Hiraeth, focusing on spontaneous, acoustic music making in Poland's Sokołowsko village.
Social media marketing
fromPoynter
3 months ago

Why the rise of social media has given us a less happy, more polarized and dangerous world - Poynter

The Internet is rewiring our brains, diminishing our capacity for deep concentration and creating social division.
Digital life
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

Teaching Ourselves (and Our Children) to Put the Phone Down

Adults are just as prone to excessive screen time as kids, requiring awareness to foster intentional use.
Modeling mindful phone use is crucial for teaching children about attention and presence.
Parenting
fromtime.com
3 months ago

10 Things to Say When Someone Won't Get Off Their Phone

Phubbing negatively impacts mental health and relationships, making conversations suffer.
Addressing phubbing requires polite confrontation to prioritize in-person interactions.
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