We are continuing our Blog series on Digital Addiction. In this blog article I specifically want to draw attention to the cost of digital addiction. You may be lured into thinking there is no real cost for using this amazing technology. Think about this – If you simply used your technology devices only 25 minutes per day you have give two (2) years of your life. The truth of the matter as a society we spend on average three (3) hours per day on our phones and that equates to eleven (11) years of our life attached to a digital device. It has been said that a wealth of information leads to a poverty of attention!

We all are paying the digital cashier with the currency of our Attention, Time, Production, Meaningful Connections, Energy, and Happiness. On average it takes only 6 seconds for a new email to be opened in the office environment. If that interruption stops your “DEEP WORK” flow, it will take you 25 minutes to return to that level of deep work. QUESTION: How many interruptions occur in your daily routine? NOTE: It is possible to get nothing done on any given day because of digital interruptions.

The costs are high. The challenge is to answer the question, “Is it worth it?”