The purpose of this series of blogs regarding digital addiction is not rail and complain about the use of technology. Our digital devices and service providers are nothing more than tools that can assist our life greatly. Throughout the history of man, tools have been used to assist human beings in their quality of life, So let us agree on this point.

But we must also come to terms that the use of this technology is controlling our lives, social interactions, friendship connections and even dating in ways that we could not have imagined. So, it is time to do a serious evaluation regarding the use of digital technology in our daily routine. Below are some instructions to evaluate your usage. Take a few minutes to create this worksheet on a blank piece of paper. Afterwards review what you have discovered about yourself.

Take a few minutes to list the various devises that you use on a daily basis that is not work related. Once you have completed this exercise, below the first list create another list of services that controls how you interact with others that is not work related (I.e. FB, Twitter, Instagram, etc.).

In a second column write out a brief description of the device and service provider beside each item listed.

In a third column write out a one or two description that describes why you need this device in non-work-related activity.