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When it comes to technology, a lot of people need it in order to communicate with others or to take care of work related matters. Though technology can be great, it’s so important to limit your usage and to take breaks from it once and a while.

How can taking a break from technology be rejuvenating?

Relaxing: If you’d like to feel more relaxed, unplug your phone and your computer. By not having to respond to e-mail, calls or even text Read the rest of this entry »

There are numerous ways as to how technology can make us feel alienated. We are now simultaneously closer and more distant than ever before. We can communicate with a friend down the street in an instant, yet we are still not in their presence. With the advent of social networking websites, we are able to communicate with people from around the world in real-time. People in the United States can set up a live camera Read the rest of this entry »

In this age of massive technology use, there is still a pining for the past that is taking place among many generations. Very few people would disagree that technology has made life easier and safer. However, life can also be made calmer and gentler without the use of some technological advances.

Technological progress is what one makes it. A television, for instance, gives one immediate access to important news, weather and entertainment. However, the television has also become a babysitter for children and a reason to not go outside and Read the rest of this entry »

As the world spins into the future and doomsday becomes a popular discussion in every community, people talk about how to return to the old ways of life before technology. What happens in an extreme economic collapse? What happens if people must live without power for one year? What happens during a disaster and how do we survive as a human race? This is the reason for community gardens, home gardens, food storage and learning to live without Read the rest of this entry »