We don’t often do ‘case studies’ of individual giving up tech on the Still Web. But this is an interesting 10 minutes as the journalist is doing a ‘no tech, no talk’ retreat and also reviews the multi-million industry of digital detoxing. A good overview and quite fun, in a kind of recognising yourself sort… Read more »
Posts By: Mariana
#tds2523 Starved for time?
“Stillness—or the ability to just sit there and do nothing—is a skill, and as a culture we’re not practicing this skill much these days. As a society, we don’t just need to learn to tolerate stillness, we actually need to cultivate it. Fortunately, it’s not complicated. Try driving in silence, with your radio and phone… Read more »
#tds2522 A walk in negative space
Today, take a walk in negative space. Your intention is to look between things: objects define space, but what about the negative space between objects? What forms and shapes can be found in that negative space? Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds2522
#tds2521 Is it boring after 2 minutes?
All you need to do today is find a very boring thing and sit with it for longer than you ever thought possible. Can you find the place after the monkey mind goes quiet to just be with it and listen to new wisdom it may hold? Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure… Read more »
#tds2520 Inefficiency was exactly the point
“Now, this might seem inefficient, and first it slowed me down. But that’s exactly the point. Now when I pick up my phone, I see essentially a blank slate. This means that instead of seeing a bunch of triggers for distractions, I wind up pausing for a moment to think about what I’m doing. Often I lock… Read more »
#tds2519 Dopamine Pirates
We’ll just leave this here for a smile today. If you want a serious look at the issue, we oblige. Read: Your smartphone is making you stupid, antisocial and unhealthy. So why can’t you put it down? You may not enjoy the read as much as the cartoon, but it may help with building new habits… Read more »
#tds2518 Email Meditation Exercise
Today, you set the intention to be mindful of your email practice. David Levy in his book Mindful Tech suggests this exercise and many others. This slide is from one of his presentations on the ideas in the book. Take time today to do his email meditation exercise and learn how to be mindful of… Read more »
#tds2517 Take something and ‘behold it’
Today, we practice beholding. What is beholding? To experience an object or image firsthand. To look at an object and image with full attention, with regard and when possible, to hold and touch the object. Find ways to make this a vivid encounter which “often leads to another kind of encounter” Deborah Haynes tells us. We apply… Read more »
#tds2516 Being alone may be key to rest
“We really need to challenge the assumption that if you take more rest, you are more lazy. The fact that people who are more rested seem to have better well-being is an endorsement for the need for the rest.” How being alone may be the key to rest Read the article and explore some of… Read more »
#tds2515 Are you sleeping enough to be truly awake?
“The evidence is overwhelming, it is irrefutable. Sleep is the single most effective thing you can do to reset your brain and body health each and every day,” — Matt Walker, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory.” We intuitively know this to be true… Read more »
#tds2514 You Liar. Not you. The person sitting next to you!
A short and jargon free video on how defensive routines can harm our well being long term and how mind chatter is created by lying to ourselves thus depriving us of genuine still moments in life. If you want to learn something about this in more depth Psychology Today obliges. We all ‘lie to ourselves’… Read more »
#tds2513 The 4 sanctuaries
“4 natural sanctuaries: Silence, Solitude, Stillness and Simplicity” Belinda Clemens. Today, find the 4 sanctuaries in your day…more than once? Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds2513
