Digital detox – wellbeing week.
September 14, 2021A couple of weeks of spending long days online and working hard have prompted me to embark on this year’s digital detox. The last one I did was in November 2020 and focused on the Data Detox Kit. Since I tried out the kit, there has been a new addition, HOW MANY TREES DOES IT TAKE TO POWER THE INTERNET? which definitely looks worth checking out. In 2018 my digital detox focused on my digital shadow, and I learnt a lot through the process. This time, I am going to focus on an approach for wellbeing for my physical rather…
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