getting away from it all - living an unplugged life as an it pro

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In just one minute, YouTube® users upload 400 hours of video ...and Tinder® users swipe profiles over a million times Every day , Facebook® users generate 1 billion “likes”. Average phone use is up to five hours a day ...with most interactions lasting < 30 seconds

• 46% of study subjects said "they couldn't live without their phone"

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=sparrow+googlehttp://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2014-52302-001.

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“Life, at its best, is happening right in front of you. These experiences will never repeat themselves. These conversations are unfiltered and authentic.”

- Joshua Becker, 7 Important Reasons to Unplug and Find Space

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"To the well-organized mind, death unplugging from the internet is but the next great adventure."

- Hogwarts SysAdmin

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• 30 min sorting email and deleting garbage.o Not reading or responding. Just sorting and deleting

so that the essentials are left.• 30 min to respond to critical social media issues.• Which accounts do you NEED to look at?• How far back (in hours) will you scroll?

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PRIORITIES… GET THEM STRAIGHT

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THERE IS ONLY ONE CORRECT ANSWER:

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PERSPECTIVE

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Network found. Re-connecting now...

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