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Unplugging for Balance: A Guide to Digital Detoxification

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Unplugging for Balance: A Guide to Digital Detoxification Digital technology is like a double-edged sword which can is beneficial if used wisely and can be harmful too of used carelessly. While it provides convenience of being connected to distant friends and family members and doing some tasks quite easily saving time it also has some indirect disadvantages, example the endless scroll of social media, constant emails, and pings of notifications can make us feel like we are living inside our screens and not in the real world.  ​If you have ever felt exhausted after hours of browsing or noticed your neck hurting from staring at your phone, you aren’t alone as nowadays large number of people suffering from such problem.  This is why Digital Detoxification is becoming the new "superpower" as it is also skill to learn and habit to adapt as well for a healthy and productive life. ​What is Digital Detoxification? ​In simple terms, digital detox means taking intentional ...

How to avoid caring about what other people think or say about you?

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Avoid caring about what other people think or say about you.   Often you may find ourselves thinking and worrying about what other people will think or say about you especially when you want to do something with which others may not agree and also sometimes after meeting people like our relatives or neighbors you may worry about what they must be talking about you behind your back or how they may have perceived your actions.     All of such thoughts often result in overthinking and discouragement to do something productive. But in such time try to stop and observe your thoughts become aware of what you are thinking and just ask yourself a very important question and that is "who knows me the best in the world"?.     Well it can happen that you may think "oh my best friend is the one who knows me” or "my mother knows me the most" but really is that the correct answer? Ask the same question to yourself again letting your inner voice answer you and ...

WHAT IS OVERTHINKING? HOW TO OVERCOME OR AVOID FORMING THE HABIT OF OVERTHINKING?

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Overthinking means thinking about a particular topic excessively or repeatedly. When we think about same thought over and over again or think too much about a specific thought for long time then it is said that we are overthinking.  Thinking is important for us to take evaluate situations and take right decisions accordingly   or to understand something and also to take actions as per our thoughts and decisions but when we keep thinking about something more than required then we overthink about it. A person may overthink because of various possible reasons and those can be as follows:- 1. Stress is one of the biggest cause of overthinking. Fearing about what will happen especially if it is unknown. 2. Overthinking can also happen because of some past experiences . The experience can be positive or negative. A positive past experience creates excitement and a negative one creates sadness or worry. In both the cases you may find yourself dwelling in the past and t...