Hey everyone. I’m back from vacation and back to the swing of reality. During my two week vacation, I took 10 days to un-plug, de-plug, get off the grid, and attempt to do a tech detox.
It’s not that I think everyone should do this but I realized that I needed to do this. Yet, I wonder if others are in need of regularly examining how they engage their digital lives. Technology addition is becoming a growing phenomenon and will be increasingly an issue. How do we know this? Because insurance companies are now beginning (out of necessity) to cover technology addiction – for both adults and children.
Technology is an amazing thing, isn’t it? What we’re able to do – personally and through our various circles of work, ministries, or organizations is nothing short of amazing. And even on a global scale, it is stunning to see.
A blessing can become a burden or a curse.
But even that which can a blessing – if not guarded well – can grow to be a burden or worse, a curse.
I see technology – like many other things – through that perspective.
It’s not that technology or social media was destroying my marriage, my life, or my ability to connect with my children. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: , technology
