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Live Deeply Versus Digital Connectivity. Please, Don’t Make Me Choose.
My brain is addled. I’m starting to look at my Blackberry and ask, “Do I really need to take you with me?” Jeez, Barbara, what if someone tries to get in touch with you while you’re in the cereal...
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Hollywood Comedian Andy Borowitz Got Off the Hedonic Treadmill. Will You?
Andy Borowitz Picture yourself an ascending star in your field, speeding down the highway toward success. Everything’s going smoothly and the road is clear. But one mile from arriving at your pinnacle,...
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Brunch Talk Reveals Negative Impacts of 24/7 Connectivity
This past weekend, at a “first Sunday in 2011 Brunch,” very smart people held tightly to their champagne as they painted scenes from their lives that wouldn’t make inspiring screen savers. The...
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Killing Me Softly With His Conference: The Sell-Out “Boring 2010″ Highlights...
Is the concept of boredom funny only because it seems nearly impossible to be bored these days? Boring 2010, held in London in December, drew 200 people for 20 interminable hours. Presentations...
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Attention Skills Gone to Pot: What Did You Expect From Your Connected, Crazy...
Thomas Metzinger, a philosopher, argues that the Internet isn’t changing the way we think, but it is attacking our finite commodity of “attention.” Feeling strongly about our “attention management,”...
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Powering Down: Forcing My Disconnectedness in a Moab Canyon
The Los Vados house, where I'm staying next week. Sometimes the only way to disconnect for a few days is to choose a location that offers no other choice. I’m leaving tomorrow morning for Moab, Utah....
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Just What We Need. Ego-Driven CEO on Run-Away Sabbatical
It’s not as if Jared Heyman isn’t a nice guy. He does look likeable. And, as a driven businessman and entrepreneur, his success deserves celebration in ways he chooses. But, his idea of a...
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Five Ways Sabbatical-Goers Can Guard Against Identity Theft
This is a guest post from Allie Blankenship, a freelance writer and consulting analyst who is fascinated by business and finance. In her free time, she is teaching herself to code. In today’s world of...
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Money Does Buy Happiness: Here’s How Much Moolah You Need and Why
In the pursuit of happiness, how many times have we asked ourselves, “How much money is enough?” only to quickly realize we have no idea. Finally, we have the answer. According to the latest research,...
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Oh the Things You’ll Learn! Three Notable Sabbatical Books
We can learn a lot from the story line, “sabbatical idea to departure.” But, the story of what happens next provides the best information to help us to look closer at our own ideas about taking time...
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