Digital Minimalism as a Philosophy of Technology Use
Dubbed the Marie Kondo of our digital lives, professor and author Cal Newport believes that, while no one app is to blame, the addictive nature of our devices is damaging ...
Slow Tech and Slow Living: Simplifying and Spending Less Time on Your Phone
It was two years before the launch of the first iPhone in 2007, when Carl Honoré, often dubbed the godfather of the slow movement, first published In Praise of Slowness. ...
4 Slow Living Lessons from a Year of Staying at Home
The challenges, the learnings and the end of presenteeism. A full year has passed since the UK entered the first lockdown. Most of us wouldn’t believe our future selves if ...
Lockdown 2.0: a New Burnout and Pressure to be Productive?
Updated for lockdown 2.0 Quarantine self-improvement was a topic on everyone’s lips during the first lockdown in March. Now, with a second lockdown in England, we wonder if this pressure ...
The ‘I Don’t Have Time’ Myth
I don’t have time for the gym. I don’t have time to cook from scratch. I don’t have time to read. I don’t have time to meditate. In our fast-paced ...
How Long Does it Take to Form a Habit?
Hundreds of people Google this question about habit forming each month. We expect a black and white answer for how long until our desired new habit becomes cemented in our ...
5 Tips for Thriving While Working at Home
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread, the UK government advises all those that can work from home to do so. While those that can are undoubtedly feeling fortunate that ...
5 Ways to Face the Sunday Night Blues
What meetings do I have tomorrow? What do I need to get done this week? Sound familiar? This may be a common inner dialogue for those of us who experience ...
Work-Life Balance: Is Achieving it a Myth?
In a thought-provoking Girlboss Radio podcast, Luvvie Ajayi, author, speaker and digital strategist, revealed an interesting conversation she had on the mythical concept of work-life balance with Thasunda Duckett, CEO ...