Simply Woman & Home

Find balance in a WIRED WORLD

It’s happened to us all. One minute you’re doing a quick Facebook check, the next, three hours have passed and you’re deep in someone’s online photo album, with no idea where the time has gone. No wonder there aren’t enough hours in the day and we feel permanently frazzled. Digital detox expert Frances Booth, author of The Distraction Trap – How to Focus in a Digital World (Pearson), has advice on getting on top of emails and social media, deepening your concentration and getting your non-digital life in balance.

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No one is suggesting that you do without emails and social media all the time, so when you do go back to it, you need to implement rules

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