Getting Away from it All - Living an Unplugged Life as an IT Pro by Leon Adato

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In just one minute, YouTube® users upload 400 hours of video

...and Tinder® users swipe profiles over a million times

Every day , Facebook® users generate 1 billion “likes”.

Average phone use is up to five hours a day

...with most interactions lasting < 30 seconds

• 46% of study subjects said "they couldn't live without their phone"

http://www.becomingminimalist.com/unplug-please/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23088719

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=sparrow+google

http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2014-52302-001.

“Life, at its best, is happening right in front of you.

These experiences will never repeat themselves.

These conversations are unfiltered and authentic.”

- Joshua Becker, 7 Important Reasons to Unplug and Find Space

Less More

How toThou Shalt

"To the well-organized mind, death unplugging

from the internet is but the next great adventure."

- Hogwarts SysAdmin

• 30 min sorting email and deleting garbage.

o Not reading or responding. Just sorting and deleting

so that the essentials are left.

• 30 min to respond to critical social media issues.

• Which accounts do you NEED to look at?

• How far back (in hours) will you scroll?

PRIORITIES… GET THEM STRAIGHT

© 2015 Marvel Comics

THERE IS ONLY ONE CORRECT ANSWER:

…SAID NOBODY, EVER

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