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Dec 21, 2022

Tips for Smartphone Sanity this Holiday Season

Subscribe to SCROLL SANITY, a newsletter about staying sane in a digital world. In the tropics, you don’t get outward signals that this is a time to go inward, to hibernate and lean into the hygge (or “comfort conviviality”), as the Danish say. Although I miss a lot about the…

Mental Health

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Tips for Smartphone Sanity this Holiday Season
Tips for Smartphone Sanity this Holiday Season
Mental Health

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Sep 29, 2020

A Guide to Practicing Tolerance on Social Media

Bethany, a mother of three children under the age of four, gave up social media for Lent this year. She had done social media sabbaticals for a weekend or a few days, but staying off social media for 40 days was a whole new experience. After 40 days, Bethany felt…

Social Media

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A Guide to Practicing Tolerance on Social Media
A Guide to Practicing Tolerance on Social Media
Social Media

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Aug 10, 2020

Grief Gone Digital

Last week, one of my oldest friend’s father passed away. This friend and I attended elementary, middle, and high school together; we knew each other’s families well, and I remember her father as a constant presence, full of energy and passion. When I heard that her father had passed on…

Social Media

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Grief Gone Digital
Grief Gone Digital
Social Media

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Mar 30, 2020

Instagram: My COVID Life Raft

I haven’t consistently used social media since 2017, when I took a yearlong sabbatical that broke me of my habit. My social media addiction got particularly bad after the 2016 election, when my use of social media — specifically Facebook — sky-rocketed. It was as if I was clinging to…

Smartphones

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Instagram: My COVID Life Raft
Instagram: My COVID Life Raft
Smartphones

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Mar 23, 2020

Coronavirus: Yet Another Reason To Overextend Ourselves

Dear world, You’ve gone crazy in the past few weeks.I’m looking forward to the day when the coronavirus takes a major chill pill. In the meantime, I’ll continue to have dance parties by myself and do more (anti-)stress baking. With love, your quarantined friend – Carmella In the age of…

Mindfulness

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Coronavirus: Yet Another Reason To Overextend Ourselves
Coronavirus: Yet Another Reason To Overextend Ourselves
Mindfulness

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Mar 2, 2020

Uncertainty Makes Me A Smartphone Addict: Corona Virus Edition

Not sure about the rest of you, but my mind has been pretty preoccupied with the COVID-19 these last few days. Perhaps it’s because I’m pregnant, or because my spouse is traveling abroad at the moment. Or maybe it’s because the news around the virus has been downright frightening (and…

Technology

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Uncertainty Makes Me A Smartphone Addict: Corona Virus Edition
Uncertainty Makes Me A Smartphone Addict: Corona Virus Edition
Technology

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Feb 25, 2020

Sharing is Caring: Trade Phones With A Friend

A few days ago, my husband and I switched phones for half the day. We didn’t do it on purpose, but it ended up being a funny little experiment. We’re staying at my father’s house, which doesn’t have Wi-Fi, and the personal hotspot function doesn’t work on my phone. I…

Technology

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Trade Phones With A Friend
Trade Phones With A Friend
Technology

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Feb 10, 2020

Are Your Filling Your Time With Superfood Experiences?

I was leafing through TIME magazine on Sunday when I came across a short article by James Wallman entitled “Do You have Enough Time?” Wallman writes that we have more free time now than we have had historically, but our cell phone addictions are one reason why it doesn’t feel…

Social Media

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Are Your Filling Your Time With Superfood Experiences?
Are Your Filling Your Time With Superfood Experiences?
Social Media

4 min read


Feb 3, 2020

The Road To Hell Is Paved With Modern Conveniences

A Little Struggle Never Hurt Nobody When my husband and I moved to Puerto Rico, we purposefully chose a neighborhood in San Juan that’s close to his office. As a plus, this neighborhood happens to be near the beach, several supermarkets, and an array of hipster hangouts (coffee shops, yoga studios, “cake studio,” etc.). We vacillated…

Mindfulness

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The Road To Hell Is Paved With Modern Conveniences
The Road To Hell Is Paved With Modern Conveniences
Mindfulness

5 min read


Jan 27, 2020

Save the Insta Drama For Your Mama: Friend Break-ups in the Era of Social Media

Nowadays, there are so many ways to be friends. We’re friends IRL. (In Real Life) We’re friends on Facebook. We follow each other on Twitter and Instagram. We’re connected on Tumblr, Snapchat, WhatsApp, ETC! So, what happens when a friendship turns south? Now we have endless social media networks to…

Social Media

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Save the Insta Drama For Your Mama: 
Friend Break-ups in the Era of Social Media
Save the Insta Drama For Your Mama: 
Friend Break-ups in the Era of Social Media
Social Media

4 min read

Carmella Guiol

Carmella Guiol

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Memoirist for hire. I think and write a lot about life in the digital landscape. Sign up for my newsletter:https://tinyurl.com/y5hq64up // www.carmellaguiol.com

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