Digital Detoxes Don’t Work — Try This Instead
Digital detoxes are like fad diets —providing fast fixes rather than long term change. Fortunately, there’s a better way to change your digital lifestyle.
In today’s age of distraction, the phrase “I’m going on a digital detox” has become as common as “I’m going on a diet.”
As an American Council on Exercise-certified health coach who’s spent the last three years counseling clients in a cognitive-behavioral therapy-based weight management clinic, I know a bit about diets.
And as I started researching the effects screen time has on weight (because “sitting’s the new smoking”), I realized how much time I spent staring at a screen. So I began searching for a way to manage my digital life.
Inevitably, I came across the digital detox.
Digital detoxes are like fad diets. They both prey on our desire for a magic bullet-something that will solve all of our problems all at once. But whether its weight or tech addiction, no magic bullet works in the long term.
Want a solution with a little more staying power? Read on.
