“Seize the time… – live now! Make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again.” Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Top 3 ideas for being more present this holiday season and in the new year
- Live outside the viewfinder – capture your moments with your technology but use a small tripod to prevent yourself from just experiencing life through the screen
- Resist tempation – our Pavlov devices have effectively trained us to obey the dings of a new notification, turn off 95% of your sound notifications and buy a case that hides the screen (like a BookBook case by Twelve South) to keep from being distracted by the alerts and banner notices
- Schedule time to catch up – technology is supposed to make life easier, so make sure you schedule time to routinely check those notifications you’ve decided to quiet, but do it proactively rather than reactively
